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CLIMATE AND NERGY
Paolo Ghisu
Agriculture Programme Officer, ICTSD
24 JUNE 2015 | Ormea, Italy
IPROMO – Food Security in Mountain Areas
www.ictsd.org
CLIMATE AND NERGY
Advancing sustainable development by adapting and reforming global trade rules and policies
ICTSD - The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
www.ictsd.org
CLIMATE AND NERGY
Main activities: research, policy dialogues, news coverage of trade policies and negotiations
Areas of work:• Agricultural trade and food security
• Sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa and LDCs
• Innovation, technology and intellectual property
• Sustainable use of natural resources
• Climate change and sustainable energy
• Trade in services
• Trade law
• Periodicals (news reporting)
CLIMATE AND NERGY
Adapting and reforming policies and rules affecting the trade of agricultural goods to improve food security, support environmental sustainability and enhance poverty reduction and rural development in the rural regions of the world.Examples: studies on agricultural subsidies; farm inputs (seeds and fertilizers); standards on agricultural products; legal protection systems of traditional knowledge – e.g. benefit sharing; sustainable management of food aid; climate change mitigation and adaptation; sustainable investment; etc.)
Agriculture and food security programme
CLIMATE AND NERGY
Three main areas of work: • Global rules affecting agricultural trade: mainly WTO and climate
change negotiations
• Regional trade rules and policies affecting agricultural trade: regional processes of trade integration and plurilateral trade negotiations (TPP, TTIP, etc.)
• National policies affecting agricultural trade, with a focus on major agricultural nations
CLIMATE AND NERGY
Grazie mille for listening
To know more about my work and publications visit:http://www.ictsd.org/about-us/paolo-ghisu
www.twitter.com/pghisu1
Contact details:[email protected]