ICTSD Global Platform on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainable Energy

December 5th

 

Opening session

 

Mr. Harsha Vardhana Singh (WTO)

 

Mr. Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz (ICTSD)

 

Mr. Xavier Carim (the dti)

Session 1: Trade and Regional Integration Issues with Special Focus on Southern Africa and Trade in Environmental Products

Session 1 Speakers

Mr. Paul Kruger

 

Mr. Sean Woolfrey (Tralac)

 

Ms. Trudi Hartzenberg (Tralac)

 

Ms. Willemien Viljoen (Tralac)

 

 

Session 2: Promoting Trade and Sustainable Development Through the Influence and use of International Standards

Participants

 

Mr. Stefan Denzler (SECO)

 

Ms. Carina Svensson (SIS)

 

Mr. Dale Andrew (OECD)

 

Mr. Paul Walakira (Uganda National Bureau of Standards)

 

 

 

 Working Lunch: Averting the Risk of Climate Protectionism

Speakers working lunch

 

Mr. Alan Oxley (World Growth)

 

Mr. Tim Wilson

 

 

Session 3:Trade Policy as Response Measures: Searching for Progress

Mr. Peet du Plooy (Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies)

 

Mr. Aaron Cosbey (IISD)

 

Mr. Jacob Werksman (WRI)

 

Mr. Mark Sanctuary (IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute)

 

Mr. Peter Wooders (IISD)

 

 

Session 4: Embodied Emissions in Trade: Leakage and Border Measures

Mr. Michael Grubb

 

Ms. Diane Simiu (French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea)

 

Ms. Doaa Abdel Motaal (WTO)

 

Mr. Edwin Basson (World Steel Association)

 

Mr. Graham Sinden (Climate Strategies)

 

Mr. Hector Pollitt (Cambridge Econometrics)

 

 

Session 5: Mutual Supportiveness of Trade and Climate Change Regimes: WTO's role

 Speakers session 5

 

Ms. Julia Hoppstock (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Worship, Argentina)

 

Ms. Ludivine Tamiotti (WTO)

 

Mr. Peter Govindasamy (Singapore Ministry of Trade & Industry)

 

Ms. Vesile Kulaçoglu (WTO)

 

Mr. Vir Vikram Yadav (Department of Commerce, India)

 

 Speakers session 5

 

 

Cocktail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 6th

 

Session 6: Sharing Technology in a Low-Carbon Knowledge Economy

Mr. Ahmed Abdel Latif (ICTSD)

 

Mr. John Mugabe (Graduate School of Technology Management)

 

Ms. Padmashree Sampath (WIPO)

 

Mr. Peet du Plooy

 

Mr. Peter Draper (SAIIA)

 

 

Session 7: Adoption and Diffusion of Climate Technologies: The Role of the IP System

 Speakers session 6

 

Mr. Jake Colvin (NFTC)

 

Ms. Jayashree Watal (WTO)

 

Ms. Konji Sebati (WIPO)

 

Mr. Thaddeus Burns (General Electric)

 

 

Working Lunch: Legal Preparedness for The Global Green Economy

 Speakers working lunch

 

Ms. Sarah Mason Case (CISDL)

 

Mr. Sebastien Jodoin (CISDL) and Mr. Patrick Reynaud (CISDL)

 

Ms. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (International Development Law Organization)

 

Mr. Markus Gehring (Centre for European Legal Studies)

 

 

Session 8: Which Trade policies for Tackling the Climate Change Challenges in Agriculture?

 

Mr. David Laborde (IFPRI)

 

Mr. William J. Martin (World Bank)

 

 

Session 9: Harnessing Trade for Climate Change Mitigation

 Speakers session 9

 

Mr. Balawant Joshi (ABPS Infrastructure Advisory Private Limited)

 

Mr. Carlos Cavalcanti (FIESP)

 

Mr. Peter Brun (Vestas)

 

Mr. Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz (ICTSD)

 

Mr. Thabo Chauke (the dti)

 

 

Session 10: Biofuel Development and Forests: Impacts and Implications for Governance

Mr. Andrew Wardell (CIFOR)

 

Mr. Francis Johnson (SEI)

 

Mr. Graham Paul von Maltitz (CSIR South Africa)

 

Mr. Jan Willem van Gelder (Profundo)

 

Ms. Laura German (CIFOR)

 

Mr. Markku Kanninen (University of Helsinki)

 

Mr. Pablo Pacheco (CIFOR)

 

Mr. David Neil Bird (Joanneum Research)

 

 

Higher Level Session: Trade and Climate Change: Where to Go From Durban?

 Speakers high level session

 

Ms. Amina Mohamed (UNEP)

 

Mr. Harsha Vardhana Singh (WTO) and Ms. Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita (AreclorMittal South Africa)

 

Mr. Harsha Vardhana Singh (WTO)

 

Ms. Ingrid Jegou (ICTSD)

 

Ms. Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita (ArcelorMittal South Africa)

 

Ms. Rachel Kyte (World Bank) and Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella (UNIDO)

 

Ms. Rachel Kyte (World Bank)

 

Ambassador Tomas Anker Christensen (Denmark) and Mr. Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz (ICTSD)

 

Minister Rob Davies (Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa)

 

 
Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella (UNIDO)

 

Organizers