The Trade and Climate Change Nexus: The Urgency and Opportunities for Developing Countries

Abstract

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Notes -- References -- 2 Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Carbon Emissions, and Trade -- Trade, global value chains, and emissions -- Understanding emissions from the developing world -- Implications for global climate efforts and the role of trade policy -- Examining agriculture as one of the main trade-related sectors affecting emissions from the developing world -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 3 Evolving Comparative Advantages and the Impacts of Extreme Weather Events -- The impact of a changing climate on comparative advantages -- Extreme weather events and trade -- Disaster response and trade restrictions: Implications from a numerical model -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4 Adaptation to Climate Change: Trade in Green Goods and Services and Access to Low-Carbon Technologies -- The implications for trade of adapting to a changing climate -- Trade in environmental goods -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 5 Environmental Policies and Trade -- The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and low-income-country trade -- Greening transport: Implications for low-income-country exports -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 6 Issues at the Country Level: A Diagnostic Framework -- Vietnam -- Ethiopia -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A The 59 Countries with the Fastest-Growing Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- Appendix B Tariffs on Environmental Goods -- Appendix C Climate and Trade Policy Diagnostic Framework -- Boxes -- Box 2.1 Modeling Postpandemic Impacts under Different Trade Scenarios -- Box 3.1 Numerical Model to Explore the Economic Impacts of Compound Hazards and Trade Restrictions -- Box 5.1 CO2 Intensity and Carbon Competitiveness in the Steel Industry.