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Environmental Goods and Services - Unlocking the Full Potential

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Dr Jasem Tarawneh

Senior Lecturer in Commercial and Intellectual Property Law

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Environmental goods and services (EGS) are vital for addressing climate, pollution, and biodiversity challenges. Yet, international trade frameworks remain fragmented and exclusionary. To unlock the full potential of EGS, it is necessary to:

  • Establish broad, but flexible, EGS definitions reflecting evolving technologies and national contexts.
  • Prioritise inclusion of environmental services and developing country needs in trade negotiations.

Who should read this brief?

This brief is essential reading for trade policymakers, international negotiators, development practitioners, legal scholars, and civil society organisations engaged in climate, trade, and sustainable development policy. It will also be of value to stakeholders in developing and least developed countries seeking more inclusive and equitable approaches to environmental goods and services in international trade.

Environmental Goods and Services - Unlocking the Full Potential

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Environmental goods and services are indispensable to addressing climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, yet current trade frameworks remain fragmented, outdated, and exclusionary. Without more inclusive and flexible approaches, international trade risks constraining, rather than enabling, the global environmental transition.
— Dr Jasem Tarawneh

About the researchers

Dr Jasem Tarawneh

Jasem is a Reader in Commercial and Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary. He also worked for as a corporate lawyer and arbitrator in Europe and the Middle East before joining academia. Jasem has a number of publications on intellectual property, dispute resolution, and international trade and investment. He has an established track record of obtaining research funding.

Dr Nicolette Butler

Nicolette is a Senior Lecturer in Law. She joined the University of Manchester in October 2013. Her research interests lie broadly within the spheres of International Economic Law and International Commercial Arbitration. Nicolette has published widely in these areas. She is also the Principal Investigator on a number of funded projects, including a project which received ASPECT funding examining the ethics of artificial intelligence in international commercial arbitration.

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