Environment and Trade

Benefits from the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services, Case study: Brazil

28-Aug-2006

This study discusses the impact of liberalizing trade in environmental goods and services in Brazil. OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-04. 

Can energy-efficient electrical appliances be considered "Environmental goods"?

25-Aug-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-04. This chapter considers electrical appliances for home and office, which are produced and consumed in large and increasing numbers in industrialised and, increasingly, in developing economies.

Benefits from the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services, Case study: Kenya

21-Aug-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-02.  This study discusses the evolving demand for and supply of environmental goods and services in Kenya.

The impact of monitoring equipment on air quality management capacity in developing countries

04-Apr-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-02.  This report explores the impacts of air quality monitoring programmes implemented over the last decade in five developing countries and examines the role of procurement of specialised equipment, usually imported, associated with the various air quality monitoring programmes.

Liberalisation of trade in renewable energy and associated technologies: Biodiesel, solar thermal and geothermal energy

06-Apr-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-01. This paper, the second in a series, examines the implications of liberalising trade in three forms of renewable energy: biodiesel, solar-thermal water heaters, and geothermal energy systems.

Building capacity to monitor water quality: A first step to cleaner water in developing countries

10-May-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-03. This report explores four cases in China, India, Malaysia, and Chinese Taipei, where water-quality monitoring and protection capacity has been improved through the use of imported water-quality monitoring equipment combined with indigenous implementation.

Liberalisation of Trade in Renewable-Energy Products and Associated Goods: Charcoal, Solar Photovoltaic Systems, and Wind Pumps and Turbines

13-Dec-2005

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2005-07. This paper examines the implications of liberalising trade in renewable energy, focussing on several representative fuels and technologies (charcoal, solar photovoltaic systems and their complements, and wind turbines and wind pumps).

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2005-04 - Environmental Goods: A Comparison of the APEC and OECD Lists

13-Dec-2005

This paper compares two lists of environmental goods that have been used in the WTO negotiations on liberalising trade in environmental goods and services. It describes the genesis of the lists, which were compiled in the late 1990s.

Liberalisation of Trade in Environmentally Preferable Products

13-Dec-2005

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2005-06.  This report addresses the issue of environmentally preferable products (EPPs) in the context of the Doha Development Round and the Johannesburg Plan of implementation. It reviews available definitions; describes existing compilations of products and identifies broad categories of EPPs; and offers case studies on three groups of products addressing benefits (and costs) of liberalisation for selected countries and products.

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2005-03: Environmental Goods and Services A Synthesis of Country Studies

09-Dec-2005

This study presents a synthesis of 17 country studies on environmental goods and services (EG&S) commissioned by the OECD, UNCTAD and the UNDP. The countries examined are Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Kenya, Korea, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Thailand and Vietnam. Its aim is to identify determinants of demand for EG&S; to show common themes and experiences in the EG&S markets of different countries; and to draw attention to key trade, environment and development policy linkages.