On 18 November at 9:15 am CET, The Geneva Trade Platform, UNEP Environment and Trade Hub, and the Graduate Institute's Global Governance Center are organising an event entitled "Stakeholder Priorities for a Forward-looking WTO Agenda on Environmental Sustainability and Trade" in the context of the World Trade Organization's Trade and Environment Week 2020.
The following topics will be discussed:
- What are 3 key environmental sustainability priorities for the multilateral trade agenda?
- How can these be addressed in ways that reflect the wider sustainable development goals and development priorities of developing countries and countries in transition?
- What concrete policy options could advance progress and what will be required politically to make progress?
Welcome
Anja von Moltke, Head, Environment & Trade Hub, UNEP
Moderator
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Senior Researcher, Graduate Institute and Associate Fellow, Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy, Chatham House
Introduction to the Statement on Environmental Sustainability and Trade
Carlos Vanderloo, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO
Roundtable
Vanessa Erogbogbo, Head, Sustainable Supply Chains, International Trade Centre
David Vivas Eugui, Legal Officer, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Lily Sommer, Trade Policy Expert, African Trade Policy Centre, Regional Integration & Trade Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Elisabeth Tuerk, Director, Economic Cooperation & Trade, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Mia Mikic, Director, Trade, Investment, and Innovation Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Johan Mulder, Chief, International Trade Unit, International Trade and Integration Division, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)
Shardul Agrawala, Head, Environment and Economic Integration Division, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Crispin Conroy, Representative Director, International Chamber of Commerce, Geneva
Posh Pandey, Chairman, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE)
Åsa Persson, Research Director and Deputy Director, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Angela Francis, Chief Advisor, Economics and Economic Development, WWF-UK
Vera Thorensten, Head, Center on Global Trade and Investment, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)
Manuel Ruiz, Legal Advisor, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA)
Céline Charveriat, Executive Director, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
Rashid Kaukab, Executive Director, CUTS International Geneva
Geneviève Pons, Director-General, Europe - Jacques Delors
Vicente Yu, Senior Legal Advisor, Third World Network
Jan Yves Remy, Deputy Director, Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services University of West Indies
Aditi Sara Verghese, Policy Lead, International Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum
Mohamed Abdisalam, Head of Environment Sustainability, African Union Development Agency - NEPAD
Closing Remarks
Anja von Moltke, Head, Environment & Trade Hub, UNEP