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Trade and Climate Change in Emerging Economies: The Competitiveness, Technology, and Intellectual Property Rights Dimension
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2010-03-30 09:00
to 2010-03-31 17:00 |
| Where | India Habitat Centre in New Delhi |
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The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India are organizing an informal dialogue for emerging economies-Brazil, South Africa, India and China-on Trade and Climate Change. The dialogue will be held at the Casuarina Hall, India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on 30-31 March 2010.
The objectives of the dialogue are to explore issues at the interface of trade and climate change that are of concern and interest to the emerging economies; to identify a positive agenda able to contribute to engagement of developing countries in the process of climate change negotiations in light of developments at Copenhagen and to provide a platform for interaction among key players in a non-negotiating setting.
Thematic subjects for the day will be competitiveness and border measures, technology transfer and intellectual property rights issues and the diffusion of environmental goods and services. Presentations on these subjects will be followed by open discussions.
The dialogue will bring together a broad cross-section of stakeholders from emerging economies including trade and environmental policy officials, academia, civil society and the private sector. Any comments and suggestions made during the course of the discussion will be taken into account by ICTSD and RIS as well as research institutes and think-tanks to inform their work programmes on trade and climate change. It is also expected that discussion outcomes will inform more broadly the wider debates in both developed and developing countries on these issues. The results of the dialogue should also serve as a useful input for trade and climate change meetings expected in the lead up to the 16th Conference of Parties Meeting (COP 16) in Mexico in December this year and also feed into any discussions on trade and climate change that might take place in the WTO setting.