The trade implications of a low-carbon economy | WTO iLibrary

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• The global economy needs to effect wide-ranging and immediate changes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to limit climate change. This chapter explores how the transition to a low-carbon economy could impact international trade patterns, and outlines the role that trade, trade policy and international cooperation can play in supporting a just low-carbon transition. Although a low-carbon transition entails short-term investment and adjustment costs, it can also provide important economic benefits and opportunities

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