Trade and Climate Change
Monday, September 29th, 2008One aspect of the public debate over possible policy responses to global climate change that has been largely missing is the role that international trade measures — and how they are treated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) — will aid or hinder policymaking about climate change. Small wonder, since the possible interactions between trade […]
Future Environmental Challenges for Mexico and its North American Partners
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Whether or not you perceive it as a good thing, Mexico long ago decided to link its environmental policymaking to that of its two partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada and the United States. The main vehicle for their collaboration is the Montreal-based North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC). CEC […]
Ideas for Reforming “Global Environmental Governance”
Saturday, January 13th, 2007When the Governing Council (GC) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Ministerial Environmental Forum (GMEF) meet in Nairobi in February, the theme will be “Globalization and the Environment and United Nations Reform.” Thus it seems timely to (finally) finish and release this entry I started a few months back. In September 2006 […]