Climate change and sustainable energy measures in regional trade agreements - RTAs : an overview
- Geneva: ICTSD, 2013
- 50 p.
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This policy paper surveys the landscape of provisions related to climate change, including trade in sustainable energy technologies and services, regional trade agreements - RTAs. It contributes to current analysis of the intersections between trade law and climate change, through a brief legal overview of climate and energy - related provisions in RTAs. If focuses on identifying potential good practice examples that can inspire more comprehensive trade policy reformat mutilateral or other levels highlighting trade measures that, if implemented effectively, could lead to new opportunities for sustainable development of a low-carbon economy...