Global programs / Global award LAG-A-99-00055 · 2000 · energy · Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)
This paper argues that opening markets for clean energy (CE) products and services provides a means for resolving the tension between trade liberalization and sustainable development that became evident during the December 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington. The first section provides reflections on the Seattle Ministerial and the WTO trade agenda, while the second describes the energy and environment products and services sectors, discusses how they have been considered under the WTO, and identifies services and barriers to open markets for CE through the WTO framework. Section three offers some preliminary views on how the international climate change convention and the Kyoto Protocol could affect the rules of the WTO. A concluding section summarizes the opportunities to open markets for CE under the WTO and provides related recommendations. According to the report, opening CE markets through multilateral trade negotiations under the WTO will help demonstrate the direct environmental benefits that trade liberalization can yield. CE products and services reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change and l
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ACH-183 (2000). The source's own text.
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| Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) | implementer | 2000 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
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| LAG-A-99-00055 (cooperative agreement, FY1999) | 2000 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
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| USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Environment. Ofc. of Energy, Environment and Technology | 2000 | Stated in a document |
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