RELEVANCE AND CONTRIBUTION Sample Clauses

RELEVANCE AND CONTRIBUTION. 2015 is the year of milestones and action. The world leaders come together this year to discuss and agree on measures to combat climate change, to establish goals for the post-2015 development agenda, and “the scaling-up of the WTO Doha Development Agenda negotiations” (UNCTAD, 2015:1). The Environmental Goods Agreement is according to its members, an attempt to meet the climate challenges and contribute to the UNFCCC and climate mitigation process. The EGA represents one among many efforts to combine trade and environmental policy. The contribution of the negotiation is aimed at further the talks of liberalization of trade in environmental goods and services in the WTO. Assessing the impact and credibility and identifying areas of improvements is a relevant and positive contribution to the process. This study can contribute to a more holistic approach to the themes of climate change, environmental issues, ecosystem services and biodiversity loss. Connecting the large international processes together is necessary because of the complexity of the Earth System. We need to make sure that measures set in place to face one aspect, does not compromise the effectiveness and ability to counter other aspects. Previous work on related issues have been conducted, among others, by researchers at the ICTSD (2005, 2013, 2014), Vista Analysis (2014) and UNEP (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), and newly published master theses and research by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2015, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2014) and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2014) for the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management at NTNU have enlightened certain aspects of climate change and development issues relevant to the EGA. This study utilizes previous research as a foundation for exploring the EGA negotiations as they happen, and consider the position of the EGA initiative among a range of agreements and policy measures in the international arena.