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20 December 2017
Energy dual pricing has been a contentious topic in the WTO for decades, but now the focus is on its harmful environmental effects. Dual pricing encourages wasteful consumption of fossil fuels and displaces cleaner sources of energy. There are several ways in which the WTO can and should contribute...
7 December 2017
International agencies and farm leaders have welcomed the decision to launch a work programme on climate and agriculture, which was endorsed by governments at the annual conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) three weeks ago in Bonn, Germany. Language in the preamble...
7 December 2017
Группа стран изучает, как торговые инструменты, в том числе потенциально в контексте ВТО, могут продвинуть усилия по реформированию субсидий на ископаемые виды топлива. Вопрос субсидий на ископаемые виды топлива не является предметом текущих переговоров, но в настоящее время предпринимается попытка...
30 November 2017
Although not currently a negotiating item, an effort to advance discussions in the WTO context on reforming fossil fuel subsidies is underway. An informal group of non-G20 countries known as the “Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform” (the Friends”) has prepared a statement to this end, which is...
23 November 2017
A landmark agreement to phase down climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer will enter into force on 1 January 2019 after passing the ratification threshold on 17 November. Sweden helped cross this threshold by becoming the...
20 November 2017
Двадцать третья Конференция сторон Рамочной конвенции ООН об изменении климата (РКИК ООН) закончилась принятием Гендерного плана действий, договора о решении вопросов сельского хозяйства в контексте РКИК ООН, продвижением по ряду вопросов и политическими призывами к еще более амбициозным целям...
19 November 2017
The twenty-third Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has now drawn to a close, with the adoption of a gender action plan, a deal on addressing agriculture in the UNFCCC context, advances across various negotiating areas, discussions on carbon...
16 November 2017
European Union negotiators clinched a deal on Thursday 9 November on the reform of its Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the post-2020 period. The agreement outlines various measures aimed at strengthening the bloc’s flagship climate policy instrument, while supporting innovation and modernisation...