To open Geneva Trade Week 2022, the WTO and UNEP co-organized, in collaboration with the TESS a briefing for stakeholders on the state of play and next steps on environment at the WTO. Geneva Trade Week is presented annually by the Geneva Trade Platform in the margins of the WTO Public Forum.
Event Date
26 September 2022
Location
Hybrid
The briefing on ‘State of play and next steps on environment at the WTO’ aimed at strengthening awareness of stakeholders on the state of play on environment at the WTO through updates from chairs, coordinators, and convenors of various environment-related processes in the WTO.
Agenda
Welcome Remarks
- Dmitry Grozoubinski, Executive Director, Geneva Trade Platform
High-Level Opening
- Jean-Marie Paugam, Deputy Director-General, WTO
- Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, Director, Economy Division, UNEP (virtual)
Briefings on State of Play and Next Steps on the Environment at the WTO
- H.E. Santiago Wills, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the WTO, Chair of the Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations
- Mr. Martin Moen, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO.
- H.E. José Valencia, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the WTO, Co-coordinator of the Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (IDP)
- H.E. Clare Kelly, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the WTO, Coordinator on Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR)
Concluding Remarks
- Aik Hoe Lim, Director, Trade and Environment Division, WTO
Moderator
- Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Director, TESS
State of Play & Next Steps on Environment at the WTO
You can view this video of the stakeholder briefing co-organized by the WTO and UNEP, in collaboration with TESS at Geneva Trade Week 2022.
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