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Market incentives to address conservation and climate change discussed at Lima conference

A side event at the UNFCCC-COP20 Lima Climate Change Conference in December heard how commercializing goods derived from native biodiversity ("BioTrade") can be complemented by climate change mitigation and adaptation measures to unleash private sector engagement.

Stakeholders identify tools and recommendations for sustainability practices at the III BioTrade Congress in Pyeongchang, Korea

Participants at the III BioTrade Congress recognised the value of partnerships and cooperation by all stakeholders involved in the sustainable use and sourcing of biodiversity-based products and services.

UNCTAD Secretary-General Kituyi hails the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), enters into force, having secured the required number of ratifications by Parties to the CBD, on 12 October 2014.

UNCTAD hears SIDS leaders’ call for special international support measures

A high-level panel discussion on SIDS and the question of graduation from Least Developed Country status, jointly organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP), took place on 2nd September 2014 at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States.

FDI in Small Islands Developing States: Its limitations and potential

On the occasion of the third United Nations Conference on SIDS taking place in Samoa, the current issue of the UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor reviews a decade of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and foresees its potential.

Consultations on UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection undertaken by UNCTAD in Bogotá

UNCTAD carried out consultations on the UN Guidelines on Consumer Protection among representatives of governmental consumer protection agencies attending the Iberoamerican Forum of Governmental Consumer Protection Agencies (FIAGC) in Bogotá, Colombia on 27-29 August.

UNCTAD opens national workshop in Peru for university professors on competition and consumer protection law enforcement issues

UNCTAD’s COMPAL competition law programme, in association with the University Antonio Gullermo Urrelo (UPAGU) and the Peruvian Competition Authority (INDECOPI), held the first edition of a workshop on competition and consumer laws for university professors in Cajamarca, in the north of Peru from 7 to 11 May 2014.

GLOBAL COMPAL Programme Launched in Peru

A global programme to support competition and consumer protection policies was launched in Lima, Peru on 5 May at the headquarters of Peru’s Competition Authority, INDECOPI.

Competition and consumer protection programme expands to cover Middle East and North Africa

An UNCTAD programme to strengthen competition and consumer protection policies has been launched in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region.

The role of intellectual property in technology transfer and competition

Students at Lund University of Sweden learn from an UNCTAD partnership how policy frameworks can help build domestic technological capacities and the role of intellectual property rights in this regard.