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SUMMARY:UN Trade Forum 2019: SDGs and climate change
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION: \n\nTrade and Climate Change: Bringing SIDS into focus\n\n9 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\n\n\nTo boost ambition and accelerate actions
  to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change\, UN Secretary-General
  António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Summit on 23 September to me
 et the climate challenge. The UNCTAD Trade Forum is meant as a contributio
 n to the Summit from the trade and developmental community. It will bring 
 into focus the need for action on the means of implementation – finance\
 , technology and capacity building - and the role of trade as an enabling 
 factor in meeting this need and leveraging the various co-benefits – eco
 nomic diversification\, jobs\, innovation\, better management and communic
 ations.\n\nOn the front line of climate change - at the ocean-land interfa
 ce – coastlines and coastal communities are among the first and most aff
 ected. One group of Parties to the Paris Agreement are particularly active
  and vocal: Small Island Developing States\, or SIDS. Sea-level rise\, an 
 increased frequency and magnitude of storms\, flooding\, erosion\, and ass
 ociated damage to coastal infrastructure\, fisheries and ecosystems threat
 en the physical\, economic and social fabric of coastal regions.\n\nWith i
 ts focus on islands and coastal communities\, the agenda of the Trade Foru
 m practically mirrors the Chilean vision of a “blue” COP 25\, which ha
 s oceans as its overriding theme. SIDS and coastal communities may not be 
 able to change the political course of efforts to mitigate climate change\
 , but what the international community does or does not do will determine 
 their fate. The Forum also reflects other priorities recently set out by t
 he Chilean presidency: circular economy and biodiversity. While striking -
  the two events have been conceptualized independently of each other - thi
 s convergence is indicative of the critical importance of all these areas.
 \n\n\n\n\nThird Oceans Forum: Oceans economy\, climate and harmful fish su
 bsidies\n\n10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\nOceans-based economic diversi
 fication could enhance the Nationally Determined Contributions of SIDS to 
 the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Trade can be an enabling facto
 r in adaptation and in mainstreaming oceans-based economic activities in S
 IDS\, where domestic markets remain small and remoteness is an intractable
  hindering factor. Taking stock at current developments in the final pha
 se of WTO fish subsidies negotiations on potential approaches on prohibiti
 ons\, harmful effects and cap-based systems as well as complementary optio
 ns could be quite timely when devising trade related policies on oceans-ba
 sed activities. Disciplining fish and related fuel subsidies as well as a 
 sound tax policy reform\, can support mitigation efforts and create incent
 ives for carbon-neutral technologies and best practices in key sectors suc
 h as transport\, fisheries\, and tourism. \n\n\n\n\nSide Event: The role 
 of International Oceans Institute (IOI) in achieving SDG 13 and SDG 14\n\n
 10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 1–2.30 p.m.\n\nAgenda\n\nCapacity Devel
 opment in Ocean Governance plays a central role in ensuring safe and healt
 hy oceans for the benefit of humankind. Additionally\, obligations towards
  achieving the SDGs\, notably SDG14 and its targets\, and other interdepen
 dent SDGs\, place a burden of responsibility on decision-makers and practi
 tioners which may benefit from targeted capacity development and knowledge
  transfer at all levels. The International Ocean Institute (IOI) is an ind
 ependent\, non-governmental non-profit organisation conducting training an
 d capacity development in Ocean Governance worldwide. The IOI\, through it
 s global network of centres\, and a portfolio of international and regiona
 l Training and Capacity Development Programmes in Ocean Governance provide
 s tangible and measurable action towards achieving Agenda 2030 and the int
 erdependent SDGs and their targets. The panellists will advance examples o
 f such outreach to developing countries and countries in transition toward
 s achieving the 2030 Agenda\, through developing capacity globally and thr
 ough the emphasis on achieving the SDGS.\n\n\n\n\n16th Raúl Prebisch Lect
 ure by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barbados\n\n10 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XVIII\, 4–6 p.m.\n\nThe 16th Raúl Prebisch Lectur
 e will be given by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barb
 ados. Prime Minister Mottley’s lecture topic will be announced in due co
 urse.\n\nThe Honorable Mia Mottley is the 8th Prime Minister of Barbados. 
 She became the first woman to occupy that high office\, following general 
 elections on 24 May 2018\, in which she led the Barbados Labour Party to a
 n emphatic victory\, winning all 30 seats in the House of Assembly by the 
 largest margin ever seen in the electoral history of the country.\n\n\n\n\
 nCircular Economy\, Oceans and Plastics Pollution\n\n11 September\, 2019. 
 Room XXVI\n\nPlastic pollution constitutes a serious threat to world’s o
 ceans\, affecting biodiversity\, ecosystem services and livelihoods.  Cu
 rbing plastic pollution is not simply a matter of changing consumer and mu
 nicipality waste patterns because pollution sources are often linked to te
 chnologies and decisions applied in the manufacturing stages of products e
 ntering the global supply chains. At the same time\, remediating plastic p
 ollution already dispersed throughout the oceans is infinitely more challe
 nging\, although efforts are succeeding in removing plastics from coastlin
 es and neighboring waters. As some aspects of manufacturing-related plasti
 cs pollution can be dealt with by circular approaches and other strategies
 \, this session brings together advocates\, researchers\, producers and do
 nors to discuss research\, industrial and behavioral initiatives aimed at 
 dealing with this problem. \n\n\n\n\nLaunch of the Commodities and Devel
 opment Report 2019: Commodity Dependence\, Climate Change and the Paris Ag
 reement\n\n11 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 3–6 p.m.\n\nUNCTAD’s Commo
 dities and Development Report 2019 examines the nexus between commodity de
 pendence\, climate change and the Paris Agreement. Commodity sectors not o
 nly affect the climate but are also heavily vulnerable to it. On the one h
 and\, the prospection\, production\, processing\, consumption and disposal
  of commodities are among the main sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gas
  emissions. On the other hand\, climate change is a source of important sh
 ocks to commodity sectors\, posing dire social and economic risks to peopl
 e and countries dependent on commodities. Although commodity-dependent dev
 eloping countries (CDDCs) have contributed only modestly to greenhouse gas
  emissions\, they will be strongly affected by the implementation of the P
 aris Agreement. Moreover\, for most of these countries\, rising to the cha
 llenge of climate change will be difficult as they lack the financial and 
 technical capacities to design and implement adaptation measures\, which h
 ighlights their need for assistance.\n\nWhile climate change and the imple
 mentation of the Paris Agreement pose many challenges to CDDCs\, they also
  create localized opportunities in some countries. In particular\, the glo
 bal push towards renewable energy creates opportunities in countries with 
 large reserves of materials used in clean technologies\, such as solar pho
 tovoltaic cells\, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries. The design
  of policies and strategies in commodity sectors needs to consider the cha
 llenges and opportunities emanating from climate change and an evolving gl
 obal climate policy regime. This process will require significant finance 
 and political will\, as well as the development of human resources and tec
 hnological capabilities.\n\n\n\n\n5th BioTrade Congress: Linking Trade and
  Biodiversity\n\n12–13 September\, 2019. Room IX\n\nAccording to the Int
 ergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servi
 ces (IPBES)\, biodiversity loss is rapidly accelerating\, with an estimate
 d 1 million animal and plant species threatened with extinction. With 70 p
 ercent of the world’s poor depending directly on biodiversity\, this ong
 oing decline undermines development gains achieved in recent decades\, and
  may even reverse them. BioTrade can generate critical incentives for the 
 conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Value chains respecting 
 strict BioTrade principles and criteria are being developed in over 50 cou
 ntries in Asia\, Africa\, Americas and Europe in sectors such as personal 
 care\, phytopharma\, food\, fashion\, ornamental flora and fauna\, handicr
 afts\, textiles and natural fibers or sustainable tourism. The fifth BioTr
 ade Congress will provide an international platform where BioTrade partner
 s\, practitioners and stakeholders can share experiences in implementing i
 nclusive and sustainable business practices. This edition focuses on the t
 ransformational change needed for businesses and trade to curb biodiversit
 y loss. Its conclusions will be contributed as inputs in the ongoing negot
 iations on the post-2020 global biodiversity Framework.\n\nDiscussions wil
 l explore how sustainable trade in biodiversity-based products and service
 s can contribute to biodiversity conservation and discuss possible policy 
 frameworks and incentive measures to promote the sustainable use of biodiv
 ersity-based products at all levels. In doing so\, experts and business re
 presentatives will review major trends in sustainable sourcing\, non-tarif
 f barriers\, ecolabels\, transparency and packaging and their implications
  for biodiversity the conservation and sustainable use. Finally\, the Cong
 ress will provide an opportunity to launch the updated BioTrade Principles
  and Criteria (P&amp\;C) and and will provide insights on the new company
  self-assessment tool developed jointly with ITC. It will also provide a s
 pace for SMEs and other suppliers from Africa\, Asia and Latin America to 
 present their products and share their experience with potential buyers an
 d partners from Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, Americas in an informal setting.\
 n\nThis Congress is organized under the BioTrade Programme: Linking trade\
 , biodiversity and sustainable development funded by Swiss State Secretari
 at for Economic Affairs SECO and the French Facility for Global Environmen
 t (FFEM).\n\n \n/project/global-biotrade-facilitation-programme-linking-t
 rade-biodiversity-and-sustainable\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u
 nctad.org/meeting/un-trade-forum-2019-sdgs-and-climate-change
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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:UN Trade Forum 2019: SDGs and climate change
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION: \n\nTrade and Climate Change: Bringing SIDS into focus\n\n9 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\n\n\nTo boost ambition and accelerate actions
  to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change\, UN Secretary-General
  António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Summit on 23 September to me
 et the climate challenge. The UNCTAD Trade Forum is meant as a contributio
 n to the Summit from the trade and developmental community. It will bring 
 into focus the need for action on the means of implementation – finance\
 , technology and capacity building - and the role of trade as an enabling 
 factor in meeting this need and leveraging the various co-benefits – eco
 nomic diversification\, jobs\, innovation\, better management and communic
 ations.\n\nOn the front line of climate change - at the ocean-land interfa
 ce – coastlines and coastal communities are among the first and most aff
 ected. One group of Parties to the Paris Agreement are particularly active
  and vocal: Small Island Developing States\, or SIDS. Sea-level rise\, an 
 increased frequency and magnitude of storms\, flooding\, erosion\, and ass
 ociated damage to coastal infrastructure\, fisheries and ecosystems threat
 en the physical\, economic and social fabric of coastal regions.\n\nWith i
 ts focus on islands and coastal communities\, the agenda of the Trade Foru
 m practically mirrors the Chilean vision of a “blue” COP 25\, which ha
 s oceans as its overriding theme. SIDS and coastal communities may not be 
 able to change the political course of efforts to mitigate climate change\
 , but what the international community does or does not do will determine 
 their fate. The Forum also reflects other priorities recently set out by t
 he Chilean presidency: circular economy and biodiversity. While striking -
  the two events have been conceptualized independently of each other - thi
 s convergence is indicative of the critical importance of all these areas.
 \n\n\n\n\nThird Oceans Forum: Oceans economy\, climate and harmful fish su
 bsidies\n\n10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\nOceans-based economic diversi
 fication could enhance the Nationally Determined Contributions of SIDS to 
 the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Trade can be an enabling facto
 r in adaptation and in mainstreaming oceans-based economic activities in S
 IDS\, where domestic markets remain small and remoteness is an intractable
  hindering factor. Taking stock at current developments in the final pha
 se of WTO fish subsidies negotiations on potential approaches on prohibiti
 ons\, harmful effects and cap-based systems as well as complementary optio
 ns could be quite timely when devising trade related policies on oceans-ba
 sed activities. Disciplining fish and related fuel subsidies as well as a 
 sound tax policy reform\, can support mitigation efforts and create incent
 ives for carbon-neutral technologies and best practices in key sectors suc
 h as transport\, fisheries\, and tourism. \n\n\n\n\nSide Event: The role 
 of International Oceans Institute (IOI) in achieving SDG 13 and SDG 14\n\n
 10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 1–2.30 p.m.\n\nAgenda\n\nCapacity Devel
 opment in Ocean Governance plays a central role in ensuring safe and healt
 hy oceans for the benefit of humankind. Additionally\, obligations towards
  achieving the SDGs\, notably SDG14 and its targets\, and other interdepen
 dent SDGs\, place a burden of responsibility on decision-makers and practi
 tioners which may benefit from targeted capacity development and knowledge
  transfer at all levels. The International Ocean Institute (IOI) is an ind
 ependent\, non-governmental non-profit organisation conducting training an
 d capacity development in Ocean Governance worldwide. The IOI\, through it
 s global network of centres\, and a portfolio of international and regiona
 l Training and Capacity Development Programmes in Ocean Governance provide
 s tangible and measurable action towards achieving Agenda 2030 and the int
 erdependent SDGs and their targets. The panellists will advance examples o
 f such outreach to developing countries and countries in transition toward
 s achieving the 2030 Agenda\, through developing capacity globally and thr
 ough the emphasis on achieving the SDGS.\n\n\n\n\n16th Raúl Prebisch Lect
 ure by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barbados\n\n10 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XVIII\, 4–6 p.m.\n\nThe 16th Raúl Prebisch Lectur
 e will be given by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barb
 ados. Prime Minister Mottley’s lecture topic will be announced in due co
 urse.\n\nThe Honorable Mia Mottley is the 8th Prime Minister of Barbados. 
 She became the first woman to occupy that high office\, following general 
 elections on 24 May 2018\, in which she led the Barbados Labour Party to a
 n emphatic victory\, winning all 30 seats in the House of Assembly by the 
 largest margin ever seen in the electoral history of the country.\n\n\n\n\
 nCircular Economy\, Oceans and Plastics Pollution\n\n11 September\, 2019. 
 Room XXVI\n\nPlastic pollution constitutes a serious threat to world’s o
 ceans\, affecting biodiversity\, ecosystem services and livelihoods.  Cu
 rbing plastic pollution is not simply a matter of changing consumer and mu
 nicipality waste patterns because pollution sources are often linked to te
 chnologies and decisions applied in the manufacturing stages of products e
 ntering the global supply chains. At the same time\, remediating plastic p
 ollution already dispersed throughout the oceans is infinitely more challe
 nging\, although efforts are succeeding in removing plastics from coastlin
 es and neighboring waters. As some aspects of manufacturing-related plasti
 cs pollution can be dealt with by circular approaches and other strategies
 \, this session brings together advocates\, researchers\, producers and do
 nors to discuss research\, industrial and behavioral initiatives aimed at 
 dealing with this problem. \n\n\n\n\nLaunch of the Commodities and Devel
 opment Report 2019: Commodity Dependence\, Climate Change and the Paris Ag
 reement\n\n11 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 3–6 p.m.\n\nUNCTAD’s Commo
 dities and Development Report 2019 examines the nexus between commodity de
 pendence\, climate change and the Paris Agreement. Commodity sectors not o
 nly affect the climate but are also heavily vulnerable to it. On the one h
 and\, the prospection\, production\, processing\, consumption and disposal
  of commodities are among the main sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gas
  emissions. On the other hand\, climate change is a source of important sh
 ocks to commodity sectors\, posing dire social and economic risks to peopl
 e and countries dependent on commodities. Although commodity-dependent dev
 eloping countries (CDDCs) have contributed only modestly to greenhouse gas
  emissions\, they will be strongly affected by the implementation of the P
 aris Agreement. Moreover\, for most of these countries\, rising to the cha
 llenge of climate change will be difficult as they lack the financial and 
 technical capacities to design and implement adaptation measures\, which h
 ighlights their need for assistance.\n\nWhile climate change and the imple
 mentation of the Paris Agreement pose many challenges to CDDCs\, they also
  create localized opportunities in some countries. In particular\, the glo
 bal push towards renewable energy creates opportunities in countries with 
 large reserves of materials used in clean technologies\, such as solar pho
 tovoltaic cells\, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries. The design
  of policies and strategies in commodity sectors needs to consider the cha
 llenges and opportunities emanating from climate change and an evolving gl
 obal climate policy regime. This process will require significant finance 
 and political will\, as well as the development of human resources and tec
 hnological capabilities.\n\n\n\n\n5th BioTrade Congress: Linking Trade and
  Biodiversity\n\n12–13 September\, 2019. Room IX\n\nAccording to the Int
 ergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servi
 ces (IPBES)\, biodiversity loss is rapidly accelerating\, with an estimate
 d 1 million animal and plant species threatened with extinction. With 70 p
 ercent of the world’s poor depending directly on biodiversity\, this ong
 oing decline undermines development gains achieved in recent decades\, and
  may even reverse them. BioTrade can generate critical incentives for the 
 conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Value chains respecting 
 strict BioTrade principles and criteria are being developed in over 50 cou
 ntries in Asia\, Africa\, Americas and Europe in sectors such as personal 
 care\, phytopharma\, food\, fashion\, ornamental flora and fauna\, handicr
 afts\, textiles and natural fibers or sustainable tourism. The fifth BioTr
 ade Congress will provide an international platform where BioTrade partner
 s\, practitioners and stakeholders can share experiences in implementing i
 nclusive and sustainable business practices. This edition focuses on the t
 ransformational change needed for businesses and trade to curb biodiversit
 y loss. Its conclusions will be contributed as inputs in the ongoing negot
 iations on the post-2020 global biodiversity Framework.\n\nDiscussions wil
 l explore how sustainable trade in biodiversity-based products and service
 s can contribute to biodiversity conservation and discuss possible policy 
 frameworks and incentive measures to promote the sustainable use of biodiv
 ersity-based products at all levels. In doing so\, experts and business re
 presentatives will review major trends in sustainable sourcing\, non-tarif
 f barriers\, ecolabels\, transparency and packaging and their implications
  for biodiversity the conservation and sustainable use. Finally\, the Cong
 ress will provide an opportunity to launch the updated BioTrade Principles
  and Criteria (P&amp\;C) and and will provide insights on the new company
  self-assessment tool developed jointly with ITC. It will also provide a s
 pace for SMEs and other suppliers from Africa\, Asia and Latin America to 
 present their products and share their experience with potential buyers an
 d partners from Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, Americas in an informal setting.\
 n\nThis Congress is organized under the BioTrade Programme: Linking trade\
 , biodiversity and sustainable development funded by Swiss State Secretari
 at for Economic Affairs SECO and the French Facility for Global Environmen
 t (FFEM).\n\n \n/project/global-biotrade-facilitation-programme-linking-t
 rade-biodiversity-and-sustainable\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u
 nctad.org/meeting/un-trade-forum-2019-sdgs-and-climate-change
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SUMMARY:UN Trade Forum 2019: SDGs and climate change
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION: \n\nTrade and Climate Change: Bringing SIDS into focus\n\n9 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\n\n\nTo boost ambition and accelerate actions
  to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change\, UN Secretary-General
  António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Summit on 23 September to me
 et the climate challenge. The UNCTAD Trade Forum is meant as a contributio
 n to the Summit from the trade and developmental community. It will bring 
 into focus the need for action on the means of implementation – finance\
 , technology and capacity building - and the role of trade as an enabling 
 factor in meeting this need and leveraging the various co-benefits – eco
 nomic diversification\, jobs\, innovation\, better management and communic
 ations.\n\nOn the front line of climate change - at the ocean-land interfa
 ce – coastlines and coastal communities are among the first and most aff
 ected. One group of Parties to the Paris Agreement are particularly active
  and vocal: Small Island Developing States\, or SIDS. Sea-level rise\, an 
 increased frequency and magnitude of storms\, flooding\, erosion\, and ass
 ociated damage to coastal infrastructure\, fisheries and ecosystems threat
 en the physical\, economic and social fabric of coastal regions.\n\nWith i
 ts focus on islands and coastal communities\, the agenda of the Trade Foru
 m practically mirrors the Chilean vision of a “blue” COP 25\, which ha
 s oceans as its overriding theme. SIDS and coastal communities may not be 
 able to change the political course of efforts to mitigate climate change\
 , but what the international community does or does not do will determine 
 their fate. The Forum also reflects other priorities recently set out by t
 he Chilean presidency: circular economy and biodiversity. While striking -
  the two events have been conceptualized independently of each other - thi
 s convergence is indicative of the critical importance of all these areas.
 \n\n\n\n\nThird Oceans Forum: Oceans economy\, climate and harmful fish su
 bsidies\n\n10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\nOceans-based economic diversi
 fication could enhance the Nationally Determined Contributions of SIDS to 
 the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Trade can be an enabling facto
 r in adaptation and in mainstreaming oceans-based economic activities in S
 IDS\, where domestic markets remain small and remoteness is an intractable
  hindering factor. Taking stock at current developments in the final pha
 se of WTO fish subsidies negotiations on potential approaches on prohibiti
 ons\, harmful effects and cap-based systems as well as complementary optio
 ns could be quite timely when devising trade related policies on oceans-ba
 sed activities. Disciplining fish and related fuel subsidies as well as a 
 sound tax policy reform\, can support mitigation efforts and create incent
 ives for carbon-neutral technologies and best practices in key sectors suc
 h as transport\, fisheries\, and tourism. \n\n\n\n\nSide Event: The role 
 of International Oceans Institute (IOI) in achieving SDG 13 and SDG 14\n\n
 10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 1–2.30 p.m.\n\nAgenda\n\nCapacity Devel
 opment in Ocean Governance plays a central role in ensuring safe and healt
 hy oceans for the benefit of humankind. Additionally\, obligations towards
  achieving the SDGs\, notably SDG14 and its targets\, and other interdepen
 dent SDGs\, place a burden of responsibility on decision-makers and practi
 tioners which may benefit from targeted capacity development and knowledge
  transfer at all levels. The International Ocean Institute (IOI) is an ind
 ependent\, non-governmental non-profit organisation conducting training an
 d capacity development in Ocean Governance worldwide. The IOI\, through it
 s global network of centres\, and a portfolio of international and regiona
 l Training and Capacity Development Programmes in Ocean Governance provide
 s tangible and measurable action towards achieving Agenda 2030 and the int
 erdependent SDGs and their targets. The panellists will advance examples o
 f such outreach to developing countries and countries in transition toward
 s achieving the 2030 Agenda\, through developing capacity globally and thr
 ough the emphasis on achieving the SDGS.\n\n\n\n\n16th Raúl Prebisch Lect
 ure by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barbados\n\n10 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XVIII\, 4–6 p.m.\n\nThe 16th Raúl Prebisch Lectur
 e will be given by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barb
 ados. Prime Minister Mottley’s lecture topic will be announced in due co
 urse.\n\nThe Honorable Mia Mottley is the 8th Prime Minister of Barbados. 
 She became the first woman to occupy that high office\, following general 
 elections on 24 May 2018\, in which she led the Barbados Labour Party to a
 n emphatic victory\, winning all 30 seats in the House of Assembly by the 
 largest margin ever seen in the electoral history of the country.\n\n\n\n\
 nCircular Economy\, Oceans and Plastics Pollution\n\n11 September\, 2019. 
 Room XXVI\n\nPlastic pollution constitutes a serious threat to world’s o
 ceans\, affecting biodiversity\, ecosystem services and livelihoods.  Cu
 rbing plastic pollution is not simply a matter of changing consumer and mu
 nicipality waste patterns because pollution sources are often linked to te
 chnologies and decisions applied in the manufacturing stages of products e
 ntering the global supply chains. At the same time\, remediating plastic p
 ollution already dispersed throughout the oceans is infinitely more challe
 nging\, although efforts are succeeding in removing plastics from coastlin
 es and neighboring waters. As some aspects of manufacturing-related plasti
 cs pollution can be dealt with by circular approaches and other strategies
 \, this session brings together advocates\, researchers\, producers and do
 nors to discuss research\, industrial and behavioral initiatives aimed at 
 dealing with this problem. \n\n\n\n\nLaunch of the Commodities and Devel
 opment Report 2019: Commodity Dependence\, Climate Change and the Paris Ag
 reement\n\n11 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 3–6 p.m.\n\nUNCTAD’s Commo
 dities and Development Report 2019 examines the nexus between commodity de
 pendence\, climate change and the Paris Agreement. Commodity sectors not o
 nly affect the climate but are also heavily vulnerable to it. On the one h
 and\, the prospection\, production\, processing\, consumption and disposal
  of commodities are among the main sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gas
  emissions. On the other hand\, climate change is a source of important sh
 ocks to commodity sectors\, posing dire social and economic risks to peopl
 e and countries dependent on commodities. Although commodity-dependent dev
 eloping countries (CDDCs) have contributed only modestly to greenhouse gas
  emissions\, they will be strongly affected by the implementation of the P
 aris Agreement. Moreover\, for most of these countries\, rising to the cha
 llenge of climate change will be difficult as they lack the financial and 
 technical capacities to design and implement adaptation measures\, which h
 ighlights their need for assistance.\n\nWhile climate change and the imple
 mentation of the Paris Agreement pose many challenges to CDDCs\, they also
  create localized opportunities in some countries. In particular\, the glo
 bal push towards renewable energy creates opportunities in countries with 
 large reserves of materials used in clean technologies\, such as solar pho
 tovoltaic cells\, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries. The design
  of policies and strategies in commodity sectors needs to consider the cha
 llenges and opportunities emanating from climate change and an evolving gl
 obal climate policy regime. This process will require significant finance 
 and political will\, as well as the development of human resources and tec
 hnological capabilities.\n\n\n\n\n5th BioTrade Congress: Linking Trade and
  Biodiversity\n\n12–13 September\, 2019. Room IX\n\nAccording to the Int
 ergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servi
 ces (IPBES)\, biodiversity loss is rapidly accelerating\, with an estimate
 d 1 million animal and plant species threatened with extinction. With 70 p
 ercent of the world’s poor depending directly on biodiversity\, this ong
 oing decline undermines development gains achieved in recent decades\, and
  may even reverse them. BioTrade can generate critical incentives for the 
 conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Value chains respecting 
 strict BioTrade principles and criteria are being developed in over 50 cou
 ntries in Asia\, Africa\, Americas and Europe in sectors such as personal 
 care\, phytopharma\, food\, fashion\, ornamental flora and fauna\, handicr
 afts\, textiles and natural fibers or sustainable tourism. The fifth BioTr
 ade Congress will provide an international platform where BioTrade partner
 s\, practitioners and stakeholders can share experiences in implementing i
 nclusive and sustainable business practices. This edition focuses on the t
 ransformational change needed for businesses and trade to curb biodiversit
 y loss. Its conclusions will be contributed as inputs in the ongoing negot
 iations on the post-2020 global biodiversity Framework.\n\nDiscussions wil
 l explore how sustainable trade in biodiversity-based products and service
 s can contribute to biodiversity conservation and discuss possible policy 
 frameworks and incentive measures to promote the sustainable use of biodiv
 ersity-based products at all levels. In doing so\, experts and business re
 presentatives will review major trends in sustainable sourcing\, non-tarif
 f barriers\, ecolabels\, transparency and packaging and their implications
  for biodiversity the conservation and sustainable use. Finally\, the Cong
 ress will provide an opportunity to launch the updated BioTrade Principles
  and Criteria (P&amp\;C) and and will provide insights on the new company
  self-assessment tool developed jointly with ITC. It will also provide a s
 pace for SMEs and other suppliers from Africa\, Asia and Latin America to 
 present their products and share their experience with potential buyers an
 d partners from Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, Americas in an informal setting.\
 n\nThis Congress is organized under the BioTrade Programme: Linking trade\
 , biodiversity and sustainable development funded by Swiss State Secretari
 at for Economic Affairs SECO and the French Facility for Global Environmen
 t (FFEM).\n\n \n/project/global-biotrade-facilitation-programme-linking-t
 rade-biodiversity-and-sustainable\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u
 nctad.org/meeting/un-trade-forum-2019-sdgs-and-climate-change
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SUMMARY:UN Trade Forum 2019: SDGs and climate change
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION: \n\nTrade and Climate Change: Bringing SIDS into focus\n\n9 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\n\n\nTo boost ambition and accelerate actions
  to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change\, UN Secretary-General
  António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Summit on 23 September to me
 et the climate challenge. The UNCTAD Trade Forum is meant as a contributio
 n to the Summit from the trade and developmental community. It will bring 
 into focus the need for action on the means of implementation – finance\
 , technology and capacity building - and the role of trade as an enabling 
 factor in meeting this need and leveraging the various co-benefits – eco
 nomic diversification\, jobs\, innovation\, better management and communic
 ations.\n\nOn the front line of climate change - at the ocean-land interfa
 ce – coastlines and coastal communities are among the first and most aff
 ected. One group of Parties to the Paris Agreement are particularly active
  and vocal: Small Island Developing States\, or SIDS. Sea-level rise\, an 
 increased frequency and magnitude of storms\, flooding\, erosion\, and ass
 ociated damage to coastal infrastructure\, fisheries and ecosystems threat
 en the physical\, economic and social fabric of coastal regions.\n\nWith i
 ts focus on islands and coastal communities\, the agenda of the Trade Foru
 m practically mirrors the Chilean vision of a “blue” COP 25\, which ha
 s oceans as its overriding theme. SIDS and coastal communities may not be 
 able to change the political course of efforts to mitigate climate change\
 , but what the international community does or does not do will determine 
 their fate. The Forum also reflects other priorities recently set out by t
 he Chilean presidency: circular economy and biodiversity. While striking -
  the two events have been conceptualized independently of each other - thi
 s convergence is indicative of the critical importance of all these areas.
 \n\n\n\n\nThird Oceans Forum: Oceans economy\, climate and harmful fish su
 bsidies\n\n10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\nOceans-based economic diversi
 fication could enhance the Nationally Determined Contributions of SIDS to 
 the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Trade can be an enabling facto
 r in adaptation and in mainstreaming oceans-based economic activities in S
 IDS\, where domestic markets remain small and remoteness is an intractable
  hindering factor. Taking stock at current developments in the final pha
 se of WTO fish subsidies negotiations on potential approaches on prohibiti
 ons\, harmful effects and cap-based systems as well as complementary optio
 ns could be quite timely when devising trade related policies on oceans-ba
 sed activities. Disciplining fish and related fuel subsidies as well as a 
 sound tax policy reform\, can support mitigation efforts and create incent
 ives for carbon-neutral technologies and best practices in key sectors suc
 h as transport\, fisheries\, and tourism. \n\n\n\n\nSide Event: The role 
 of International Oceans Institute (IOI) in achieving SDG 13 and SDG 14\n\n
 10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 1–2.30 p.m.\n\nAgenda\n\nCapacity Devel
 opment in Ocean Governance plays a central role in ensuring safe and healt
 hy oceans for the benefit of humankind. Additionally\, obligations towards
  achieving the SDGs\, notably SDG14 and its targets\, and other interdepen
 dent SDGs\, place a burden of responsibility on decision-makers and practi
 tioners which may benefit from targeted capacity development and knowledge
  transfer at all levels. The International Ocean Institute (IOI) is an ind
 ependent\, non-governmental non-profit organisation conducting training an
 d capacity development in Ocean Governance worldwide. The IOI\, through it
 s global network of centres\, and a portfolio of international and regiona
 l Training and Capacity Development Programmes in Ocean Governance provide
 s tangible and measurable action towards achieving Agenda 2030 and the int
 erdependent SDGs and their targets. The panellists will advance examples o
 f such outreach to developing countries and countries in transition toward
 s achieving the 2030 Agenda\, through developing capacity globally and thr
 ough the emphasis on achieving the SDGS.\n\n\n\n\n16th Raúl Prebisch Lect
 ure by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barbados\n\n10 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XVIII\, 4–6 p.m.\n\nThe 16th Raúl Prebisch Lectur
 e will be given by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barb
 ados. Prime Minister Mottley’s lecture topic will be announced in due co
 urse.\n\nThe Honorable Mia Mottley is the 8th Prime Minister of Barbados. 
 She became the first woman to occupy that high office\, following general 
 elections on 24 May 2018\, in which she led the Barbados Labour Party to a
 n emphatic victory\, winning all 30 seats in the House of Assembly by the 
 largest margin ever seen in the electoral history of the country.\n\n\n\n\
 nCircular Economy\, Oceans and Plastics Pollution\n\n11 September\, 2019. 
 Room XXVI\n\nPlastic pollution constitutes a serious threat to world’s o
 ceans\, affecting biodiversity\, ecosystem services and livelihoods.  Cu
 rbing plastic pollution is not simply a matter of changing consumer and mu
 nicipality waste patterns because pollution sources are often linked to te
 chnologies and decisions applied in the manufacturing stages of products e
 ntering the global supply chains. At the same time\, remediating plastic p
 ollution already dispersed throughout the oceans is infinitely more challe
 nging\, although efforts are succeeding in removing plastics from coastlin
 es and neighboring waters. As some aspects of manufacturing-related plasti
 cs pollution can be dealt with by circular approaches and other strategies
 \, this session brings together advocates\, researchers\, producers and do
 nors to discuss research\, industrial and behavioral initiatives aimed at 
 dealing with this problem. \n\n\n\n\nLaunch of the Commodities and Devel
 opment Report 2019: Commodity Dependence\, Climate Change and the Paris Ag
 reement\n\n11 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 3–6 p.m.\n\nUNCTAD’s Commo
 dities and Development Report 2019 examines the nexus between commodity de
 pendence\, climate change and the Paris Agreement. Commodity sectors not o
 nly affect the climate but are also heavily vulnerable to it. On the one h
 and\, the prospection\, production\, processing\, consumption and disposal
  of commodities are among the main sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gas
  emissions. On the other hand\, climate change is a source of important sh
 ocks to commodity sectors\, posing dire social and economic risks to peopl
 e and countries dependent on commodities. Although commodity-dependent dev
 eloping countries (CDDCs) have contributed only modestly to greenhouse gas
  emissions\, they will be strongly affected by the implementation of the P
 aris Agreement. Moreover\, for most of these countries\, rising to the cha
 llenge of climate change will be difficult as they lack the financial and 
 technical capacities to design and implement adaptation measures\, which h
 ighlights their need for assistance.\n\nWhile climate change and the imple
 mentation of the Paris Agreement pose many challenges to CDDCs\, they also
  create localized opportunities in some countries. In particular\, the glo
 bal push towards renewable energy creates opportunities in countries with 
 large reserves of materials used in clean technologies\, such as solar pho
 tovoltaic cells\, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries. The design
  of policies and strategies in commodity sectors needs to consider the cha
 llenges and opportunities emanating from climate change and an evolving gl
 obal climate policy regime. This process will require significant finance 
 and political will\, as well as the development of human resources and tec
 hnological capabilities.\n\n\n\n\n5th BioTrade Congress: Linking Trade and
  Biodiversity\n\n12–13 September\, 2019. Room IX\n\nAccording to the Int
 ergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servi
 ces (IPBES)\, biodiversity loss is rapidly accelerating\, with an estimate
 d 1 million animal and plant species threatened with extinction. With 70 p
 ercent of the world’s poor depending directly on biodiversity\, this ong
 oing decline undermines development gains achieved in recent decades\, and
  may even reverse them. BioTrade can generate critical incentives for the 
 conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Value chains respecting 
 strict BioTrade principles and criteria are being developed in over 50 cou
 ntries in Asia\, Africa\, Americas and Europe in sectors such as personal 
 care\, phytopharma\, food\, fashion\, ornamental flora and fauna\, handicr
 afts\, textiles and natural fibers or sustainable tourism. The fifth BioTr
 ade Congress will provide an international platform where BioTrade partner
 s\, practitioners and stakeholders can share experiences in implementing i
 nclusive and sustainable business practices. This edition focuses on the t
 ransformational change needed for businesses and trade to curb biodiversit
 y loss. Its conclusions will be contributed as inputs in the ongoing negot
 iations on the post-2020 global biodiversity Framework.\n\nDiscussions wil
 l explore how sustainable trade in biodiversity-based products and service
 s can contribute to biodiversity conservation and discuss possible policy 
 frameworks and incentive measures to promote the sustainable use of biodiv
 ersity-based products at all levels. In doing so\, experts and business re
 presentatives will review major trends in sustainable sourcing\, non-tarif
 f barriers\, ecolabels\, transparency and packaging and their implications
  for biodiversity the conservation and sustainable use. Finally\, the Cong
 ress will provide an opportunity to launch the updated BioTrade Principles
  and Criteria (P&amp\;C) and and will provide insights on the new company
  self-assessment tool developed jointly with ITC. It will also provide a s
 pace for SMEs and other suppliers from Africa\, Asia and Latin America to 
 present their products and share their experience with potential buyers an
 d partners from Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, Americas in an informal setting.\
 n\nThis Congress is organized under the BioTrade Programme: Linking trade\
 , biodiversity and sustainable development funded by Swiss State Secretari
 at for Economic Affairs SECO and the French Facility for Global Environmen
 t (FFEM).\n\n \n/project/global-biotrade-facilitation-programme-linking-t
 rade-biodiversity-and-sustainable\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u
 nctad.org/meeting/un-trade-forum-2019-sdgs-and-climate-change
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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:UN Trade Forum 2019: SDGs and climate change
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION: \n\nTrade and Climate Change: Bringing SIDS into focus\n\n9 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\n\n\nTo boost ambition and accelerate actions
  to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change\, UN Secretary-General
  António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Summit on 23 September to me
 et the climate challenge. The UNCTAD Trade Forum is meant as a contributio
 n to the Summit from the trade and developmental community. It will bring 
 into focus the need for action on the means of implementation – finance\
 , technology and capacity building - and the role of trade as an enabling 
 factor in meeting this need and leveraging the various co-benefits – eco
 nomic diversification\, jobs\, innovation\, better management and communic
 ations.\n\nOn the front line of climate change - at the ocean-land interfa
 ce – coastlines and coastal communities are among the first and most aff
 ected. One group of Parties to the Paris Agreement are particularly active
  and vocal: Small Island Developing States\, or SIDS. Sea-level rise\, an 
 increased frequency and magnitude of storms\, flooding\, erosion\, and ass
 ociated damage to coastal infrastructure\, fisheries and ecosystems threat
 en the physical\, economic and social fabric of coastal regions.\n\nWith i
 ts focus on islands and coastal communities\, the agenda of the Trade Foru
 m practically mirrors the Chilean vision of a “blue” COP 25\, which ha
 s oceans as its overriding theme. SIDS and coastal communities may not be 
 able to change the political course of efforts to mitigate climate change\
 , but what the international community does or does not do will determine 
 their fate. The Forum also reflects other priorities recently set out by t
 he Chilean presidency: circular economy and biodiversity. While striking -
  the two events have been conceptualized independently of each other - thi
 s convergence is indicative of the critical importance of all these areas.
 \n\n\n\n\nThird Oceans Forum: Oceans economy\, climate and harmful fish su
 bsidies\n\n10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\n\nOceans-based economic diversi
 fication could enhance the Nationally Determined Contributions of SIDS to 
 the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Trade can be an enabling facto
 r in adaptation and in mainstreaming oceans-based economic activities in S
 IDS\, where domestic markets remain small and remoteness is an intractable
  hindering factor. Taking stock at current developments in the final pha
 se of WTO fish subsidies negotiations on potential approaches on prohibiti
 ons\, harmful effects and cap-based systems as well as complementary optio
 ns could be quite timely when devising trade related policies on oceans-ba
 sed activities. Disciplining fish and related fuel subsidies as well as a 
 sound tax policy reform\, can support mitigation efforts and create incent
 ives for carbon-neutral technologies and best practices in key sectors suc
 h as transport\, fisheries\, and tourism. \n\n\n\n\nSide Event: The role 
 of International Oceans Institute (IOI) in achieving SDG 13 and SDG 14\n\n
 10 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 1–2.30 p.m.\n\nAgenda\n\nCapacity Devel
 opment in Ocean Governance plays a central role in ensuring safe and healt
 hy oceans for the benefit of humankind. Additionally\, obligations towards
  achieving the SDGs\, notably SDG14 and its targets\, and other interdepen
 dent SDGs\, place a burden of responsibility on decision-makers and practi
 tioners which may benefit from targeted capacity development and knowledge
  transfer at all levels. The International Ocean Institute (IOI) is an ind
 ependent\, non-governmental non-profit organisation conducting training an
 d capacity development in Ocean Governance worldwide. The IOI\, through it
 s global network of centres\, and a portfolio of international and regiona
 l Training and Capacity Development Programmes in Ocean Governance provide
 s tangible and measurable action towards achieving Agenda 2030 and the int
 erdependent SDGs and their targets. The panellists will advance examples o
 f such outreach to developing countries and countries in transition toward
 s achieving the 2030 Agenda\, through developing capacity globally and thr
 ough the emphasis on achieving the SDGS.\n\n\n\n\n16th Raúl Prebisch Lect
 ure by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barbados\n\n10 S
 eptember\, 2019. Room XVIII\, 4–6 p.m.\n\nThe 16th Raúl Prebisch Lectur
 e will be given by The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley\, Prime Minister of Barb
 ados. Prime Minister Mottley’s lecture topic will be announced in due co
 urse.\n\nThe Honorable Mia Mottley is the 8th Prime Minister of Barbados. 
 She became the first woman to occupy that high office\, following general 
 elections on 24 May 2018\, in which she led the Barbados Labour Party to a
 n emphatic victory\, winning all 30 seats in the House of Assembly by the 
 largest margin ever seen in the electoral history of the country.\n\n\n\n\
 nCircular Economy\, Oceans and Plastics Pollution\n\n11 September\, 2019. 
 Room XXVI\n\nPlastic pollution constitutes a serious threat to world’s o
 ceans\, affecting biodiversity\, ecosystem services and livelihoods.  Cu
 rbing plastic pollution is not simply a matter of changing consumer and mu
 nicipality waste patterns because pollution sources are often linked to te
 chnologies and decisions applied in the manufacturing stages of products e
 ntering the global supply chains. At the same time\, remediating plastic p
 ollution already dispersed throughout the oceans is infinitely more challe
 nging\, although efforts are succeeding in removing plastics from coastlin
 es and neighboring waters. As some aspects of manufacturing-related plasti
 cs pollution can be dealt with by circular approaches and other strategies
 \, this session brings together advocates\, researchers\, producers and do
 nors to discuss research\, industrial and behavioral initiatives aimed at 
 dealing with this problem. \n\n\n\n\nLaunch of the Commodities and Devel
 opment Report 2019: Commodity Dependence\, Climate Change and the Paris Ag
 reement\n\n11 September\, 2019. Room XXVI\, 3–6 p.m.\n\nUNCTAD’s Commo
 dities and Development Report 2019 examines the nexus between commodity de
 pendence\, climate change and the Paris Agreement. Commodity sectors not o
 nly affect the climate but are also heavily vulnerable to it. On the one h
 and\, the prospection\, production\, processing\, consumption and disposal
  of commodities are among the main sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gas
  emissions. On the other hand\, climate change is a source of important sh
 ocks to commodity sectors\, posing dire social and economic risks to peopl
 e and countries dependent on commodities. Although commodity-dependent dev
 eloping countries (CDDCs) have contributed only modestly to greenhouse gas
  emissions\, they will be strongly affected by the implementation of the P
 aris Agreement. Moreover\, for most of these countries\, rising to the cha
 llenge of climate change will be difficult as they lack the financial and 
 technical capacities to design and implement adaptation measures\, which h
 ighlights their need for assistance.\n\nWhile climate change and the imple
 mentation of the Paris Agreement pose many challenges to CDDCs\, they also
  create localized opportunities in some countries. In particular\, the glo
 bal push towards renewable energy creates opportunities in countries with 
 large reserves of materials used in clean technologies\, such as solar pho
 tovoltaic cells\, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries. The design
  of policies and strategies in commodity sectors needs to consider the cha
 llenges and opportunities emanating from climate change and an evolving gl
 obal climate policy regime. This process will require significant finance 
 and political will\, as well as the development of human resources and tec
 hnological capabilities.\n\n\n\n\n5th BioTrade Congress: Linking Trade and
  Biodiversity\n\n12–13 September\, 2019. Room IX\n\nAccording to the Int
 ergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servi
 ces (IPBES)\, biodiversity loss is rapidly accelerating\, with an estimate
 d 1 million animal and plant species threatened with extinction. With 70 p
 ercent of the world’s poor depending directly on biodiversity\, this ong
 oing decline undermines development gains achieved in recent decades\, and
  may even reverse them. BioTrade can generate critical incentives for the 
 conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Value chains respecting 
 strict BioTrade principles and criteria are being developed in over 50 cou
 ntries in Asia\, Africa\, Americas and Europe in sectors such as personal 
 care\, phytopharma\, food\, fashion\, ornamental flora and fauna\, handicr
 afts\, textiles and natural fibers or sustainable tourism. The fifth BioTr
 ade Congress will provide an international platform where BioTrade partner
 s\, practitioners and stakeholders can share experiences in implementing i
 nclusive and sustainable business practices. This edition focuses on the t
 ransformational change needed for businesses and trade to curb biodiversit
 y loss. Its conclusions will be contributed as inputs in the ongoing negot
 iations on the post-2020 global biodiversity Framework.\n\nDiscussions wil
 l explore how sustainable trade in biodiversity-based products and service
 s can contribute to biodiversity conservation and discuss possible policy 
 frameworks and incentive measures to promote the sustainable use of biodiv
 ersity-based products at all levels. In doing so\, experts and business re
 presentatives will review major trends in sustainable sourcing\, non-tarif
 f barriers\, ecolabels\, transparency and packaging and their implications
  for biodiversity the conservation and sustainable use. Finally\, the Cong
 ress will provide an opportunity to launch the updated BioTrade Principles
  and Criteria (P&amp\;C) and and will provide insights on the new company
  self-assessment tool developed jointly with ITC. It will also provide a s
 pace for SMEs and other suppliers from Africa\, Asia and Latin America to 
 present their products and share their experience with potential buyers an
 d partners from Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, Americas in an informal setting.\
 n\nThis Congress is organized under the BioTrade Programme: Linking trade\
 , biodiversity and sustainable development funded by Swiss State Secretari
 at for Economic Affairs SECO and the French Facility for Global Environmen
 t (FFEM).\n\n \n/project/global-biotrade-facilitation-programme-linking-t
 rade-biodiversity-and-sustainable\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u
 nctad.org/meeting/un-trade-forum-2019-sdgs-and-climate-change
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