The Branch examines the ways in which economics, trade and finance interact with the environment at local, regional and global levels and how these linkages in turn affect development.
Activities
The Branch’s primary mission is to help countries integrate environmental considerations into development planning and macro-economic policies, including trade policies. It undertakes activities to:
enhance understanding of the environmental, social and economic impacts of trade liberalization and the trade impacts of environmental policies and agreements;
clarify the linkages between trade, environment and development;
raise the awareness of policy- and decision-makers on the relationships between trade,
environment and development;
develop, and assist countries in the use and application of, assessment and incentive
tools, including impact assessment, valuation, natural resource accounting and
economic instruments;
enhance the capacities of countries, particularly developing countries and countries with
economies in transition, to integrate environmental considerations into macro-economic
policies, including trade policies; and
enhance synergies between MEAs and the WTO.
Type of organisation:
Intergovernmental organizations
Established:
1992
Number of staff:
12
Head/Director:
Chief: Hussein Abaza
Cooperation
with the WTO, UNCTAD, Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs), NGOs, international organizations and national governments.
