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LOCATION:Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
SUMMARY:Trade House event at COP28: A positive agenda for trade\, climate a
 nd development goals
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DESCRIPTION:A new and growing raft of trade initiatives signals increasing 
 interest in integrating climate considerations into trade policy.However\,
  while this indicates heightened climate ambition\, there is a risk that o
 ther long-standing challenges facing developing countries are deprioritize
 d.Without an approach that can also address development goals\, climate an
 d trade initiatives will remain at best superficial and at worst could ena
 ble a new climate protectionism and growing inequalities between developed
  and developing countries.Instead\, a successful approach will need to mar
 ry climate\, development and trade goals\, building trust and cooperation 
 in the process.What are the development considerations of nascent efforts 
 on trade and climate?What are the risks of ignoring development priorities
  in building cooperation around trade and climate?What are the key princip
 les for a more development-centred agenda?This event will be live streamed
 Join us onlineJoin us for this event where we will explore the foundations
  of a pro-development agenda for trade and climate. ProgrammeModerator:Ri
 chard Kozul-Wright\, Director of the Division on Globalization and Develop
 ment Strategies\, UNCTADSpeakers:José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs\, Executiv
 e Secretary\, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECL
 AC)Carolyn Deere Birkbeck\, Founder and Executive Director\, Forum on Trad
 e\, Environment and the SDGs (TESS Forum)Dora Correia\, Director\, Europea
 n Commission DG TradeCarlos Lopes\, Professor\, Mandela School of Public G
 overnance&lt\;p&gt\;A new and growing raft of trade initiatives signals in
 creasing interest in integrating climate considerations into trade policy.
 &lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;However\, while this indicates heightened climate a
 mbition\, there is a risk that other long-standing challenges facing devel
 oping countries are deprioritized.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Without an approa
 ch that can also address development goals\, climate and trade initiatives
  will remain at best superficial and at worst could enable a new climate p
 rotectionism and growing inequalities between developed and developing cou
 ntries.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Instead\, a successful approach will need to
  marry climate\, development and trade goals\, building trust and cooperat
 ion in the process.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;What are the develo
 pment considerations of nascent efforts on trade and climate?&lt\;/li&gt\;
 &lt\;li&gt\;What are the risks of ignoring development priorities in build
 ing cooperation around trade and climate?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;What are
  the key principles for a more development-centred agenda?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt
 \;/ul&gt\;&lt\;h4 class=&quot\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad
 .org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/trade-house-event-cop28-positive-agenda-t
 rade-climate-and-development-goals
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