Stakeholder Meeting on Climate Change and Trade, Key Issues for Developing Countries
2nd – 3rd September 2008 • Co-organised with The Commonwealth Secretariat and The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius
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The interface between climate change and trade - both from the perspective of mitigation and adaptation – has entered the international policy arena. The interests and concerns of developed and large developing country economies in this area have received significant attention. However, the prospects and perspectives of smaller developing countries – including Small Island and Vulnerable Economies, Least-Developed Countries, and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries – have currently received scant attention from the research and policy communities. For smaller developing countries to understand the opportunities and challenges they face with regard to climate change and trade policy, and to make informed policy choices, they need solid background information and an inclusive debate involving relevant stakeholders from their regions.
In response to the Lake Victoria Commonwealth Climate Change Action Plan, discussions by Commonwealth Finance Ministers in October 2007, and the outcome of the Informal Meeting of Trade Ministers on Climate Change on the occasion on the 2007 UN climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, ICTSD and the Commonwealth Secretariat are implementing an initiative to explore new and rapidly emerging policy concerns that need to be considered by trade, finance and climate policy-makers and stakeholders in developing countries, to ensure that their economies are ready to address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities. This work will support developing country members of the Commonwealth – including the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, small and vulnerable economies (SVEs) and least-developed countries (LDCs) – in understanding the opportunities and challenges they face and make informed and strategic decisions.
The overall purpose of this meeting is to consider and explore such opportunities. The meeting will bring together trade, finance and climate change negotiators and policy-makers, experts, as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society at large for two days to review and discuss a series of draft studies on the climate and trade issues developing countries are facing, with a view to address the challenges that climate change presents and take advantage of new opportunities in a well-informed manner.
The outcome of the meeting will be submitted for consideration to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers in October 2008.
For further information, please refer to:
The Logistical Note, Mauritius
The Complete Policy Paper, Mauritius
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