cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring
International Trade and Climate Change: Economic, Legal, and Institutional
Perspectives
Climate change is a global challenge requiring international collaborative
action. Another area where countries have successfully committed to a long-term
multilateral resolution is the liberalization of international trade.
Integration into the world economy has proven a powerful means for countries to
promote economic growth, development, and poverty reduction.
This book is one of the first comprehensive attempts to look at the synergies
between climate change and trade objectives from economic, legal, and
institutional perspectives. It addresses important policy questions and
explores opportunities for aligning development and energy policies in such a
way that they could stimulate production, trade, and investment in cleaner
technology options.
Wednesday, November 14
3:00 - 5:00 pm
a reception will follow the presentation
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Welcoming Remarks and Chair
James Warren Evans
Director, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Evans oversees the implementation of the World Bank?s Environment Strategy,
in particular, mainstreaming environmental objectives into lending and
nonlending operations. He provides leadership to the global environment agenda
with internal constituents and external stakeholders, including the expansion
and strengthening of global environmental partnerships. Mr. Evans joined the
World Bank in July 2003. From 1988 to 2003, he held technical and managerial
positions at the Asian Development Bank based in Manila, his last position was
the Director for the Environment and Social Safeguards Division.
Presented by author
Muthukumara Mani
Senior Environmental Economist, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Mani leads the World Bank's work on assessing environmental implications of
policy reforms. His work also focuses on country environmental assessments,
natural resources management, environmental institutions and governance, climate
change and adaptation and trade and environment issues. His research and
analytic work on industrial pollution, trade and environment and environmental
governance has appeared in professional economic journals. He has also
co-authored several policy research working papers for the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund.
Panelists
Jennifer Prescott
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Environment and Natural Resources,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Ms. Prescott is responsible for environment negotiations in the World Trade
Organization (WTO), including environmental goods and services market access.
She also serves as the U.S. lead negotiator for environment provisions in U.S.
Free Trade Agreements in the Middle East region, including Morocco, Bahrain,
Oman and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, her portfolio includes several
multilateral environment and health agreements and issues, most recently the
UNEP-lead negotiations for a Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management (SAICM).
Robert Bradley
Director, International Climate Policy Initiative, World Resources Institute
Mr. Bradley is the Director of International Climate Policy at the World
Resources Institute (WRI). He manages WRI's Sustainable Development Policies
and Measures (SDPAMs) project and has worked for 10 years on energy and climate
issues, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy policy and financing,
energy efficiency and international climate policy. Prior to joining WRI he
spent 10 years consulting for private, public, and NGO sector clients on issues
such as international climate policy, innovative financing for renewable energy,
solar energy marketing, market assessments for wind energy, economic impact of
environmental policy, and geopolitical aspects of energy agreements.
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