COP31 Finance & Trade Day: Opening ceremony and high-level panel - Trade track - Harnessing trade for climate action

Through the Thematic Day programme, the COP Presidency aims to bring together global leaders, policymakers, businesses, international organizations, experts, and civil society to foster dialogue, strengthen collaboration, and accelerate practical climate action across key priority areas, including finance and trade. The trade programme, organized jointly by the COP31 Presidency and the Turkish Trade Ministry, focuses on the role of trade and trade policy in enabling climate transition, with discussions centered on governments' experiences, practical solutions, international cooperation, and opportunities to align trade with climate objectives. Through high-level dialogues and expert discussions, the track will connect policy with practice and highlight approaches that can support a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive global trading system, and provide Türkiye, as COP31 Presidency, with an opportunity to showcase its own experience in advancing the green transition, including through its Green Deal Action Plan.

As climate policies increasingly interact with global trade and investment, international cooperation can help ensure that the sustainable and low carbon transition supports sustainable growth, industrial competitiveness and inclusive development. This high-level dialogue will bring together ministers, international organizations, the private sector and other stakeholders, to identify coordinated pathways to harness trade for climate action, resilient, diversified and sustainable value chains, and practical cooperation for implementation.