CLIMATE AND NERGY

Paolo Ghisu

Agriculture Programme Officer, ICTSD

24 JUNE 2015 | Ormea, Italy

IPROMO – Food Security in Mountain Areas

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CLIMATE AND NERGY

Advancing sustainable development by adapting and reforming global trade rules and policies

ICTSD - The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

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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

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Contact details:pghisu@ictsd.ch

paolo.ghisu@gmail.com