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Ecrit par Isabelle Durant, Secrétaire Générale Adjointe de la CNUCED

A new call to action urges countries to make BioTrade a lever for recovery and resilience in the wake of the pandemic.

The project is a point of convergence for conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, and a driver for a blue and green recovery from COVID-19.

A report by the UN Economist Networks says climate change, inequalities, urbanization, rapid population changes and the technological revolution will shape our world over the course of this century and calls for an overhaul of the way policies are made.

Small island nations face an existential and developmental threat from ship-source pollution endangering their vulnerable marine ecosystems and ocean economies. An effective international legal regime can help.

By Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD

Written by
Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Written by Robert Hamwey, Economist, and Tim Sullivan, Public Information Officer, UNCTAD

Written by Robert Hamwey, UNCTAD Economic Affairs Officer

Written by: Jan Hoffmann
Article No. 45 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°85 - First Quarter 2020]