BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a73588729cd1 DTSTART:20231204T110000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231204T120000Z LOCATION:Dubai\, United Arab Emirates SUMMARY:Trade House event at COP28: Shaping ministerial leadership and coll ective action for trade and climate change CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The unprecedented scale of the climate crisis requires all sect ors\, all constituencies and all of us to act. Trade Day during COP28 puts a focus on  accelerating climate action through trade\, using coordinate d and inclusive approaches to ensure a just transition to a low-carbon eco nomy.  \n\nThis high-level event\, jointly organized by the WTO\, UNCTAD and ITC\, will engage the Coalition of Trade Ministers for Climate\, other Ministers and Heads of Agencies on fostering inclusive international coop eration and collective action to promote a positive trade contribution to the climate agenda.\n\nThe event will  highlight the importance of Minist erial leadership for inclusive international cooperation on trade\, climat e and sustainable development. The Coalition and participating Ministers w ill be invited to share their views and priorities for trade and investmen t to foster the diffusion\, development\, accessibility and uptake of good s\, services and technologies that support climate mitigation and adaptati on\, as well as trade-related strategies supportive of developing and leas t developed countries in the climate transiton.\n\nHeads of Agencies will share their views on how their organizations are supporting trade-related cooperation for climate action as well as the concrete trade tools that th ey are bringing to COP28 to foster climate action\, transitions\, and clim ate-resilient development on the ground.\n\nIn particular the discussion w ill focus interalia on:\n\n\nState of play and prospects of international trade initiatives aiming at supporting the achievements of global climate objectives\;\nIdentification of specific trade tools and policies that can be mobilised in support of climate objectives\;\nRole of international or ganizations in supporting cooperation and coherence for a just transition\ ; and\nCapacity building to support MSMEs\, developing and least-developed economies to respond and integrate into green supply chains\n \n\n\nThis event will be live streamed\n\nJoin us online\n\nProgramme\n\nModerator:\ n\n\nMs. Monica Araya\, Executive Director for International Affairs at th e European Climate\nFoundation\n\n\nMinisterial Coalition/Ministerial pers pectives: (30 minutes) \n\nMinister/s representing the Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate on the topic "\;Leading by example: A concrete c ontribution of trade policy for climate"\;\n\n\nHon. Minister Rebecca Miano\, Cabinet Secretary\, Ministry of Investment\, Trade and Industry of Kenya\nH.E. Mr Germán Umaña Mendoza\, Minister of Commerce\, Industry a nd Tourism of Colombia\nHon. Rohey John Manjang\, Minister of Environment\ , Climate Change and Natural Resources\, The Gambia\nH.E. Mr José Valenci a\, Ambassador of Ecuador to the WTO\nMs Dora Correia\, Deputy Director-Ge neral\, DG Trade\, European Commission\n\n\nSharing perspectives and views from trade-related international organizations (30 minutes)\n\n\nDr. Ngoz i Okonjo-Iweala\, Director-General\, WTO\nRebeca Grynspan\, Secretary-Gene ral\, UNCTAD\nPamela Coke-Hamilton\, Executive Director\, ITC\nJohn Denton \, Secretary General\, ICC\n(Concluding remarks) Mr. Selwin Hart\, Specia l Advisor to the Secretary-General on Climate Action\n\n\n \n<\;p>\;T he unprecedented scale of the climate crisis requires all sectors\, all co nstituencies and all of us to act. Trade Day during COP28 puts a focus on &\;nbsp\;accelerating climate action through trade\, using coordinated and inclusive approaches to ensure a just transition to a low-carbon econo my. &\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;This high-level event\, jointly organized by the WTO\, UNCTAD and ITC\, will engage the Coalition of Trad e Ministers for Climate\, other Ministers and Heads of Agencies on fosteri ng inclusive international cooperation and collective action to promote a positive trade contribution to the climate agenda.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p&g t\;The event will &\;nbsp\;highlight the importance of Ministerial lead ership for inclusive international cooperation on trade\, climate and sust ainable development. The Coalition and participating Ministers will be inv ited to share their views and priorities for trade and investment to foste r the diffusion\, development\, accessibility and uptake of goods\, servic es and technologies that support climate mitigation and adaptation\, as we ll as trade-related strategies supportive of developing and least develope d countries in the climate transiton.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Heads of A gencies will share their views on how their organizations are supporting t rade-related cooperation for climate action as well as the concrete trade tools that they are bringing to COP28 to foster climate action\, transitio ns\, and climate-resilient development on the ground.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;In particular the discussion will focus interalia on:<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;State of play and prospects of international tr ade initiatives aiming at supporting the achievements of global climate ob jectives\;<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Identification of specific trade tool s and policies that can be mobilised in support of climate objectives\;< \;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Role of international organizations in supporting cooperation and coherence for a just transition\; and<\;/li>\;\n<\;l i>\;Capacity building to support MSMEs\, developing and least-developed economies to respond and integrate into green supply chains<\;br />\;\ n&\;nbsp\;<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;h4 class="\;text-ali gn-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/node/43438 DTSTAMP:20260805T153639Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR