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How to make markets work for sustainable development

How to make markets work for sustainable development

Competition and consumer policies can help build more sustainable economies, experts say.

Vanuatu shows how to reduce emissions through trade facilitation

Vanuatu shows how to reduce emissions through trade facilitation

By Shamika Sirimanne (UNCTAD) and Ratnakar Adhikari (EIF and WTO)

Alarm bells ring over environmental cost of digitalization

Alarm bells ring over environmental cost of digitalization

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.

Assessing the environmental impact of the export process of Bangladesh ready-made garments and its digitalization

Assessing the environmental impact of the export process of Bangladesh ready-made garments and its digitalization

Written by: Yann Duval, Sangwon Lim and Mahezabin Natasha, Article No. 84 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°93 - First Quarter 2022]

How to tackle pollution fuelled by manufacturing in developing countries

How to tackle pollution fuelled by manufacturing in developing countries

By Henrique Pacini and Kweku Attafuah-Wadee, UNCTAD Economists

How to build concerted multilateral action on plastic pollution

How to build concerted multilateral action on plastic pollution

By David Vivas-Eugui, Legal Officer, and Henrique Pacini, Economist, UNCTAD

Moving towards zero carbon emissions in maritime shipping

Moving towards zero carbon emissions in maritime shipping

Written by Isabelle Durant, UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General

No exit plan for small islands on climate crisis frontlines

No exit plan for small islands on climate crisis frontlines

Small island nations are calling for global help to cope with the climate crisis unfolding in their backyard, as their ability to respond is curtailed by lack of finance.

UNCTAD, IIRC to help companies report performance on global goals

UNCTAD, IIRC to help companies report performance on global goals

UNCTAD and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) partner to enhance reporting of the private sector's contribution to global goals.

Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Trade, Services and Development (7-8 May 2018)

Services trade experts meet to feed knowledge and experience into intergovernmental processes in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.