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6. The Benefits of a Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA)

verfasst von : Joachim Monkelbaan

Erschienen in: Law and the Transition to Business Sustainability

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Access to affordable, sustainable energy and the issue of climate change are set to become key concerns for business. This chapter describes how improved trade governance can help businesses to massively ramp up the development of sustainable energy. The chapter shows that there is considerable momentum for different trade-related initiatives and in particular for an Environmental Goods Agreement, the major part of which would cover sustainable energy technologies. It explores in more detail why business should follow the developments in this field closely and discusses some promising ways forward.

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Fußnoten
1
There are 1.6 billion people without access to modern forms of energy today.
 
2
E.g., rural children can study at night with solar-lighting facilities, even without access to grid-based electricity. Better access to modern cook-stoves such as those based on solar or cleaner biomass fuels can reduce mortality from indoor air-pollution caused by inefficient firewood or charcoal-based cooking and can also halt deforestation caused by firewood collection.
 
3
E.g., a reduced dependence on gathering firewood would free time for more profitable activities and would also contribute to empowerment of women. Without access to modern energy, it will not be possible to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, whether reducing poverty, improving women’s and children’s health, or broadening the reach of education.
 
5
Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, United States and Chinese Taipei.
 
8
The text of the GPA, as amended, and the market access results of the negotiations are in GPA/113, http://​docsonline.​wto.​org/​imrd/​directdoc.​asp?​DDFDocuments/​t/​PLURI/​GPA/​113.​doc
 
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Metadaten
Titel
The Benefits of a Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA)
verfasst von
Joachim Monkelbaan
Copyright-Jahr
2014
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04723-2_6