The Trade and Climate Change Nexus: Pressing Issues and New Opportunities for Developing Countries

Paul Brenton

ISBN 10: 1464817707 / ISBN 13: 9781464817700

Published by World Bank Group Publications, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trade and Climate Change Nexus: Pressing Issues and New Opportunities for Developing Countries
• Publisher: World Bank Group Publications
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464817707
• ISBN 13: 9781464817700
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 289 grams

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Synopsis

While trade exacerbates climate change, it is also a central part of the solution because it has the potential to enhance mitigation and adaptation. This timely report explores the different ways in which trade and climate change intersect. Trade contributes to the emissions that cause global warming and is itself also affected by climate change through changing comparative advantages. The report also confronts several myths concerning trade and climate change. The Trade and Climate Change Nexus: The Urgency and Opportunities for Developing Countries focuses on the impacts of, and adjustments to, climate change in developing countries and on how future trade opportunities will be affected by both the changing climate and the policy responses to address it. The report discusses how trade can provide the goods and services that drive mitigation and adaptation. It also addresses how climate change creates immense challenges for developing countries, but also new opportunities to promote trade diversification in the transition to a low-carbon world. Suitable trade and environmental policies can offer effective economic incentives to attain both sustainable growth and poverty reduction.

About the Author

The World Bank came into formal existence in 1945 following the international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements. It is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The organization's activities are focused on education, health, agriculture and rural development, environmental protection, establishing and enforcing regulations, infrastructure development, governance and legal institutions development. The World Bank is made up of two unique development institutions owned by its 185 Member Countries. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries and the International Development Association (IDA), which focuses on the poorest countries in the world.