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Digital technologies are fuelling the climate crisis. Only drastic behaviour change will make them work for people and the planet, experts say at UNCTAD's eCommerce Week.

UNCTAD Youth Network members exchange expertise with global peers and offer fresh solutions to today’s pressing challenges.

By Kweku Attafuah-Wadee, Lalen Lleander and Henrique Pacini, UNCTAD Economists

By Kevin P Gallagher, Boston University and Richard Kozul-Wright, UNCTAD

Graduation presents an opportunity for the countries to develop strategies that can position the textile and clothing sector higher up the global value chain.

But the world’s largest free trade area needs measures to boost productivity and expand opportunities.

By Rolf Traeger, Chief, Least Developed Countries Section, UNCTAD

A team of young Italian activists led by Daniele Guadagnolo have positioned themselves as advocates of sustainability, determined to meet the climate crisis at humanity’s doorstep.

The declaration will serve as a springboard for youth diplomacy to grow into a legitimate force and shape the trade and development agenda in the coming years.

Productive transformation must be inclusive and sustainable to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid a “lost decade” of development.