Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs
The WTO Dialogue on Plastic Pollution (DPP) continues its work in 2023. The DPP held its first pre-plenary of the year on 16 February, assembling a diverse group of delegations and stakeholders.
Policy brief by Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Mahesh Sugathan, and Simon Ardila Eraso that reviews the evolution and work of the WTO Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and presents options for trade-related cooperation.
A working session at WTO Public Forum 2022 on "International trade co-operation to address plastic pollution: Options and pathways to enhance environmental outcomes" co-hosted by TESS, The Pew Charitable Trusts, CIEL, IUCN and IISD.
TESS contributed to a multi-stakeholder dialogue on
"Upscaling and redirecting finance, incentives and trade" on 1 June 2022, which was part of the Open Ended Working Group meetings to prepare for negotiations on a new international treaty on plastic pollution.
The latest TESS newsletter on plastic pollution is available.
Policy brief by Mahesh Sugathan that discusses how aid for trade can help address the plastic pollution crisis.
Informal breakfast discussion preceding the TESSD working meetings
Policy brief by Carla Vaca Eyzaguirre and Carolyn Deere Birkbeck with options to improve the classification, monitoring, and reporting of trade flows across the life cycle of plastics.
Second informal discussion for IDP stakeholders
Co-hosted by the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS), the Global Governance Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and the Geneva Environment Network (GEN)
