Faced with compounding crises of climate, nature loss, and pollution, the urgent need for a green global economy is rising on the international political agenda. At the same time, the world faces a profound equity problem: acute social and economic inequalities between and within countries are worsening alongside vastly different levels of vulnerability to environmental risks and degradation.
To help facilitate progress, this paper serves as a nontechnical entry point for actors keen to navigate the environment-trade policy conversation and drive forward green trade. It maps the current state of play and highlights a range of possible pathways forward.
Hence, Greening International Trade aims to help environmental stakeholders engage effectively in the trade policy arena, bridging the gap that exists because discussions of environment-trade issues are notoriously complex; cluttered with legalistic and technical language; and frequently opaque. It addresses an array of questions that stakeholders keen to promote green trade face about priorities and strategy.