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Author: REUTERS\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Amina Mohamed,\u00a0who is the East African nation\u2019s sports minister, progressed to the second round of selection to become the next director-general of the WTO, along with four other candidates, on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow is it possible that the WTO does not discuss climate change?… WTO must be a part of the global conversation on climate change,\u201d she told an online media briefing from Geneva.<\/p>\n

Mohamed, who was involved in the development of green financial instruments when she was the deputy head of the U.N. agency for the environment (UNEP), said she would make the WTO\u2019s trade and environment committee active.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, it is about the bottom line, but that bottom line can actually be improved by going green because that is the future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The committee\u2019s first task,\u00a0if she wins the selection contest, would be to draw up rules for the international trade of environmental goods and services like solar panels and wind turbines, she said.<\/p>\n

It will also look to replicate climate change mitigation initiatives, like the carbon tax in Europe, which is now being adopted by other states in places like Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe WTO can do that on a grander scale… so that the impact of the measures that we are putting in place can be felt,\u201d Mohamed said, adding that the measures will be accompanied by incentives for firms like\u00a0other tax breaks.<\/p>\n

The wider adoption of those climate change mitigation measures will make the globe reap their benefits sooner, because \u201cwe don\u2019t have to wait for 50 years\u201d to feel the impact of individual states or trade blocs are doing, she said.<\/p>\n

In the second round of selection, the WTO\u2019s 164 members will give their preferences from Sept 24 to Oct 6, whittling the candidates down to two. The organisation has said it wants to select\u00a0the winner\u00a0by early November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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