SYNOPSIS: This South Centre Analytical Note stresses that addressing the challenges of
development and climate change requires an integrated approach. Both the trade and
climate regimes have a role to play. In each case, a development perspective must
guide discussions to ensure an outcome that advances the needs and aspirations of
developing countries and their peoples. The shift to a low-carbon economy requires a
range of measures to support developing countries, and sufficient development policy
space to allow those countries to tailor approaches to their national contexts. In
particular, developed countries must fulfill their existing international obligations in
both the trade and climate regimes, and ensure that their development-related rhetoric
is matched by the reality of their actions. This paper identifies a number of areas
where developed countries are falling short in promoting development-oriented
outcomes on trade and climate issues, and where further efforts should be made.
