Trade and investment flows are often criticised for their sustainability impacts, yet, if harnessed properly through cutting-edge international law and governance, trade can help rather than hinder the global sustainable development goals.
On 19th July 2024, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization, and Dr Kennedy Mbeva, Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, from the University of Cambridge spoke to this in a live-streamed lecture.
This lecture higlighted how trade law and policy is evolving to address our world’s challenges, underlining the idea that the WTO can and must be part of an urgent RE-globalisation towards sustainability, building on its poverty-eradication potential and green comparative advantage.
During the dialogue, Dr Kennedy Mbeva shared his question: “Globalisation faces sustained challenges…in this context of heightened risks including the climate catastrophe…what long-term role can the WTO play in addressing these challenges?”
The Democratising Education for Global Sustainability and Justice programme acts on this support by providing online courses on sustainable development law and policy and how they can be harnessed to further the SDGs and the Global Biodiversity Framework or linked with Trade Rules. More information can be found here: https://degsj.org/educational-offerings/
The lecture is available to watch and share on YouTube.
