Nature-positive trade for sustainable development | Webinar
The “Nature-positive trade for sustainable development” webinar series (2023 – 2024) is a cooperation between UKRI GCRF TRADE Hub, UNEP, WTO, CBD, UNCTAD / BioTrade Initiative and ITC.
Nature-positive trade for sustainable development: How can trade in support of circular economy facilitate the delivery of biodiversity targets?
21 February 2024, 10:00-12:00 UTC
Target 7 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted at the COP 15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, calls for reduction of pollution from all sources (e.g. nutrients, chemicals, pesticides), and preventing, reducing, and working towards eliminating plastic pollution. Interlinked with this, Target 16 speaks to the reduction of the global consumption footprint and overconsumption, and reducing waste generation (e.g. food waste).
The aim of this webinar is to identify and discuss some key trade-related policies and measures that can contribute to pollution and waste reduction, and facilitate the uptake of circular practices, supporting the delivery of Target 7 and Target 16 objectives for both biodiversity and people.
About the Nature-Positive Trade Webinars
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), adopted in December 2022, provides a fresh reference point for (re)examining the relevance of trade policy to the global biodiversity agenda and exploring how implementation of the new agenda could support both sustainable trade and sustainable development. In parallel, the increasing focus on environment and sustainable development in the context of trade, including at the WTO and as part of regional trade agreements, also presents an opportunity to discuss where trade policy could support delivery of the global biodiversity agenda.
Realising these opportunities requires developing a shared understanding between biodiversity and trade stakeholders of how different trade and trade-related policies and measures could be used so that they deliver benefits across all three agendas of biodiversity, sustainable trade, and sustainable development.
The “Nature-positive trade for sustainable development” webinar series aims to support such understanding through sharing of information and knowledge, and exchange of views and ideas between experts and institutions.
Photo by Gregoire Dubois on Flickr: Atlantic dolphins (Delphinus delphis ssp. delphis), Azores, Portugal.