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At the WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in December 2017, ministers adopted a Decision on Fisheries Subsidies directing negotiators to continue talks with a view to adopting an agreement by 2019, the year of the next ministerial conference. The ministerial decision also specifically re-commits WTO members to implementing their existing notification obligations in order to strengthen transparency of the subsidies provided to fishing. Reaching a comprehensive and effective outcome will require solutions that respond to the many technical and legal questions the negotiations have brought up.

The decline of global fish stocks has implications for both the food security and the livelihoods of many communities around the world. A World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on the prohibition of harmful fisheries subsidies, currently under negotiation, could make an important contribution to the sustainability of global fisheries.

Overfishing, Overfished Stocks, and the Current WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies aims to clarify key fisheries management concepts relevant to the ongoing WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies, in order to support progress towards new rules.

 

This landmark report Clean Innovation lists six key recommendations to accelerate innovation for a stronger, cleaner economy that benefits all Canadians.

The purpose of this paper A Study on Policy Directions for the Water-Food-Energy Nexus is twofold: (i) to identify the nexus interactions between water and energy system, and various nexus-based solutions that can address sectoral issues in both systems, (ii) to develop possible institutional arrangements, including public intervention, that can support the adoption of nexus approaches when they can enhance sustainability and resource security of each component systems.

This paper Greening Public Financial Management for Sustainable Development: A Green Fiscal Framework for Bangladesh offers suggestions on how principles of environmental conservation and sustainable use of natural capital can be embedded in, and delivered through the public financial management (PFM) system of Bangladesh.