As global demand for material resources has increased dramatically in recent decades, rising international trade has become an essential means to overcome the constraints posed by local resource scarcity. While the contribution of international trade in fuelling economic expan
The 3rd Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) will take place in Copenhagen on 21-22 October 2013. The overall focus will be on improving resource efficiencies in the value chain.
A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) explores whether trade could play a role in reducing GHG emissions, by shifting production to places with lower GHG intensity of production.
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) and the The Graduate Institute Geneva - Centre for International Environmental Studies are hosting an event on 'Clean energy subsidies and the global trading system".
This paper surveys the state of knowledge about the trade-related environmental consequences of a country's development strategy along three channels: (i) direct trade-environment linkages (overexploitation of natural resources and trade-related transport costs); (ii) 'virtual trade' in emissions
The paper aims to highlight some of the most important implementation issues associated with the greening of global value chains with special attention given to how public policies and business strategies can support each other in meeting the challenge, particularly in developing countries.
The report Financing for SMEs in Sustainable Global Value Chains demonstrates how governments, financial institutions and businesses can work together to support financing models that encourage small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to upgrade their production processes to comply with susta