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Workshop on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development for Policy Makers from ECOWAS Commission and its Member States
Accra, Ghana, 24 - 26 January 2011

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Statements

Presentations

Introduction and Objectives of the workshop

Green Economy Initiative
UNEP

Trade, Environment and Development
UNEP

Different Dimensions of Environmental Goods: Overcoming the Challenges
ICTSD

Mineral Exploitation and Sustainable Development
Daniel K. Twerefou

Organic Agriculture, Trade and market Access
Naftali Ndugire

Carbon Markets and Africa’s Access
Kwadwo Tutu

Introduction to Knowledge Management
ECA

Resources

Scaling up Organic Agriculture and Enhancing its Foreign Market Access: Lessons Learned from Eastern Africa

Mineral Exploitation, Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development in EAC, SADC and ECOWAS Regions

"Capacity Building in Trade and Environment", an interregional project implemented by 4 United Nations Regional Commissions, ECA, ECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA, in collaboration with UNCTAD, UNEP, WTO and ECE.

Harmonising Energy Efficiency Standards - Building Foundations for Co-operative Action, by Rod Janssen, ICTSD Programme on Trade and Environment, Issue Paper No. 14, September 2010.

Access to Climate Change Technology by Developing Countries: A Practical Strategy, by Cynthia Cannady, ICTSD Programme on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development, Issue Paper No. 25, September 2009. Executive Summary

Climate-related Single-use Environmental Goods, by Rene Vossenaar, ICTSD Programme on Trade and Environment, Issue Paper No. 13, September 2010.

Technology Mapping of the Renewable Energy, Buildings, and Transport Sectors: Policy Drivers and International Trade Aspects, by Rene Vossenaar, ICTSD Programme on Trade and Environment, Issue Paper No. 12, June 2010.

Technologies for Climate Change and Intellectual Property: Issues for Small Developing Countries, ICTSD Programme on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development, Information Note No. 12, October 2009.

The Liberalization of Environmental Goods and Services: Issues for Small Developing Countries, ICTSD Programme on Trade and Environment, Information Note No. 14, October 2009.

UNECA Publications

Sustainable Development Report in Africa: Managing Land-based resources for Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Report on Africa: Five-Year Review of the Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Outcomes in Africa (WSSD+5)

Review of the application of Environmental Impact Assessment in selected African Countries (2005)

National Councils for Sustainable Development in Africa: A review of institutions and their Functioning,

Africa Review Report on Drought and Desertification

Gender and Climate Change: Women Matter (2009)

Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa: An Overview

Consensus Statement of the Seventh African Development Forum on the theme Acting on Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa

Africa Regional Statement to the 16th Session of UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) on Agriculture and Rural Development, Land, Drought and Desertification and “Africa”

Outcome document of the Africa Regional Implementation Meeting: Africa’s inputs to the 18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development on Transport, Chemicals, Waste Management, Mining and Sustainable Consumption and Production (including 10-Year Framework of Programmes)

Managing Mineral Wealth, Training Materials on Management of Mineral Wealth and the Role of Mineral Wealth in Socio-economic Development

Land Tenure Systems and their Impacts on Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa

Sixth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-6): Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) for the Eighteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18),

Assessing progress in Africa toward Millennium Development Goals, 2010. MDG Report 2010

Africa and the Global Financial Crisis: Towards a “Just Bargain” at the G20 Summit

Economic Report on Africa 2010: Promoting high-level sustainable growth to reduce unemployment in Africa,

UNEP

Green Economy related publications

Research Products containing the following publications and others on Trade and Environment

Additional resources on Trade and Environment

Major Features of the Proceedings of the back-to-back workshop, i.e. "Sub-Regional Workshop on Integration of Environment and Sustainable Development Principles into Policies, Development Programmes in Project Strategies", 27-28 January 2011, Accra, Ghana
Organized jointly by the ECOWAS Commission and UNECA

Presentations

Regional preparatory process for Rio+20
ECA

Transition to a Green Economy Key Issues
ECA

Introducing CDKN: Supporting climate compatible development
PwC Ghana

Climate change, Risks , impacts, and development in West Africa
ACMAD, Niger

Produits d’information développés dans le cadre de projet AMESD et leur utilisation possible par les décideurs
Centre Régional AGRHYMET

Leadership & Climate Change in Africa : A role for regional institutions
LEAD Africa

Vulnérabilité des secteurs de développement face aux changements climatiques : Défis et Opportunités et les approches d’intégration dans les politiques, stratégies, plans et projets en Afrique de l’Ouest
IAVS

Links between disaster risk reduction, development and climate change
ECOWAS

“Evaluation of Financing the Green Funds: from Copenhagen to Cancun: What is the Organizational Strategy in the West African Sub-Region?”
Dr. Victor Fodeke

Ghana’s experience at sustainable development
CSIR-STEPRI

Green Economy Opportunities in West Africa
EBID