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DOI 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.013
Title (Primary) Inclusion, transparency, and enforcement: How the EU-Mercosur trade agreement fails the sustainability test
Author Kehoe, L.; dos Reis, T.N.P.; Meyfroidt, P.; Bager, S.; Seppelt, R.; Kuemmerle, T.; Berenguer, E.; Clark, M.; Frankel Davis, K.; zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J.; Farrell, K.N.; Friis, C.; Haberl, H.; Kastner, T.; Murtough, K.L.; Persson, U.M.; Romero-Muñoz, A.; O’Connell, C.; Valeska Schäfer, V.; Virah-Sawmy, M.; le Polain de Waroux, Y.; Kiesecker, J.
Source Titel One Earth
Year 2020
Department CLE
Volume 3
Issue 3
Page From 268
Page To 272
Language englisch
Supplements https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.013/attachment/5dd70ac6-417c-4efe-866c-6d1fe8cc7c54/mmc1.pdf
Abstract Trade agreements could help to protect human rights, critical ecosystems, and the climate—but only if sustainability becomes a cornerstone of international trade. The EU-Mercosur trade agreement fails to meet our three tenets of sustainable trade agreements: (1) inclusion of local communities, (2) transparency mechanisms to trace commodities and provide open-access information, and (3) enforcement to legally uphold sustainability commitments.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=23630
Kehoe, L., dos Reis, T.N.P., Meyfroidt, P., Bager, S., Seppelt, R., Kuemmerle, T., Berenguer, E., Clark, M., Frankel Davis, K., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Farrell, K.N., Friis, C., Haberl, H., Kastner, T., Murtough, K.L., Persson, U.M., Romero-Muñoz, A., O’Connell, C., Valeska Schäfer, V., Virah-Sawmy, M., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kiesecker, J. (2020):
Inclusion, transparency, and enforcement: How the EU-Mercosur trade agreement fails the sustainability test
One Earth 3 (3), 268 - 272 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.013