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The briefing outlines three strategic pillars for leaders to address the dual challenges of climate change and poverty: utilizing sound scientific evidence to drive political action, establishing a comprehensive global climate agreement, and correcting market failures through emissions pricing and redistribution from developed to developing nations.

The author contends that the World Trade Organization's (WTO) current strategy of expanding environmental discussions without binding enforcement, contrasted with the European Union's use of unilateral coercive trade measures like the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), creates a governance gap. The text suggests that 'hybrid' plurilateral agreements, such as New Zealand's Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability, offer a superior cooperative model by integrating both environmental goals and enforceable trade mechanisms.