Harmonization of sustainability standards under the WTO framework as the core to create an intersection of trade and environment mutually supportive

Papendieck, Sabine; Elverdin, Pablo

Harmonization of sustainability standards under the WTO framework as the core to create an intersection of trade and environment mutually supportive

Autores

Papendieck, Sabine

Elverdin, Pablo

Editor

Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura
International Food Policy Research Institute

Descripción

In the context of climate change the world faces growing environmental pressures described as planetary boundaries including air and water pollution, land degradation, natural resources depletion and extinctions of species among other environmental issues and, in particular, more frequently extreme weather-related events and natural disasters affecting negatively the human development.