Fostering low carbon growth
Subtitle: the case for a sustainable energy trade agreement
Contributors: Sugathan, Mahesh; International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Publisher: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Energy policy; Government policy
Description: The issue paper highlights the role of trade in contributing to massively scaling up and deploying renewable energy, a crucial step in supporting a shift away from fossil fuel so as to ensure energy security and to address climate change. It identifies a number of barriers to trade in sustainable energy goods and services (SEGS), while pointing to a significant governance gap in a number of key issue areas in the trade and sustainable energy interface. The authors argue that this can best be addressed by negotiating a trade agreement on sustainable energy. Such an agreement could initially take the form of a plurilateral agreement including a critical mass of major economies and emitters, either within or outside of the WTO.
Notes: Title from title-screen (viewed on Nov. 8, 2011).

"November 2011."

"Lead authors are Mahesh Sugathan and Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz"--p. ii.

Includes bibliographical references.