Climate Policy and Trade Rules

For the first time at the annual climate summit, international organizations will spotlight policy options for developing countries to capture emerging trade opportunities while adapting to climate change.

By Connor Bingham and Ida Tang Mikkelsen, Article No. 107 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°98 - Second Quarter 2023]

By Rebeca Grynspan, UNCTAD Secretary-General

Written by Regina Asariotis, Article No. 75 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°90 - Second Quarter 2021]

United Nations agencies, small island nations and the trade community gather to take steps to ensure global trade policy changes and is angled to be part of the climate solution.

Climate change impacts pose huge risks to transportation, threatening global trade and development. Now is the time to adapt.

Trade is an unspoken element in the Paris Agreement, yet it will have broad impacts on climate change-focused nationally determined contributions.

With international shipping carrying more than 80% of world trade by volume, the international community must ensure that maritime transport responds to the challenges of climate change.

UN bodies spotlight new ways to equip developing countries with the economic means to tackle the catastrophic effects of climate change.

Written by Regina Asariotis, Chief, Policy and Legislation Section, UNCTAD