The paper Triggering the Trade Transition: The G20’s Role in Reconciling Rules for Trade and Climate Change explores options for the G20 to trigger a transition of the trade system towards a regime that is part of the solution to tackle climate change. The analysis builds on a background paper, two think pieces and a series of dialogues with climate and trade delegates, as well as experts throughout 2017.
As a powerful forum for discussion and policy coordination that brings together the world’s major economies and emitters, the G20 has the potential to spur global rule-making to prevent a collision between the trade and climate regimes and move both towards more affirmative actions by reimagining trade rules to support the fight against climate change.