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Risk to trade if ports not climate change proofed
… Transformation is needed if the world trade system is to cope with the projected impacts of … point is likely to be reached, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change … in a scientific journal and informed the IPCC 1.5 degrees report. … OSG … Risk to trade if ports not climate change …
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How Experts in Shipping Perceive the Mid-term Future - Three Schools of Thought
… sector is responsible for moving approximately 80% of the world's goods by volume, coordinated decision-making is … In the first survey, the experts were asked to report what they thought will be the three greatest … management Seafarers’ working conditions Human capital investment Trade sustainability Supply chain resilience …
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Social activism needed to rein in tech’s destructive elements
… the tech agenda UNCTAD’s new Technology and Innovation Report 2021 outlines five ways in which vigorous social … for the roles that they play in steering the development, investment and dissemination of frontier technologies. This …
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UNCTAD-WTO seek executive director for International Trade Centre
… United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization (WTO), The International Trade … and Development (UNCTAD) and the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and leads the programme of … at a senior managerial level in international trade, investment and productive capacity challenges faced by …
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How artificial intelligence chatbots could affect jobs
… ready to compete for more skill-intensive jobs around the world as “ telemigrants ” in jobs such as accountants, legal … is that these jobs will be taken by the ChatGPTs of the world. Moreover, most firms and workers in developing …
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Trade cautiously with single market and Africa's economy could rise to top
… higher, compared with what they export to the rest of the world. As a consequence, the AfCFTA can greatly contribute … does business — that is key for attracting inward investment. Sub-Saharan African is billed to host 25 per cent of the world’s population in the next decade, won’t such population …
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Green exports can meet both economic and environmental needs
… price, and producers are remunerated for the additional investment that sustainable production often requires. While … with green exports, the relation between VSS and World Trade Organization agreements, and ways to ensure the … United Nations Headquarters at which countries gather to report progress toward meeting the 17 goals of the 2030 …
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Weather-ready, climate-smart - a Q&A with Crispin D'Auvergne
… This year’s World Meteorological Day on 23 March highlights the … the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on the 1.5 degree target . Q: Could you tell us a … can’t build as we always have. We have to make the extra investment. For example, when we rebuild a bridge after a …
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Seizing the opportunities of a circular economy in textiles
… of ecolabels, with textile standards ranking fourth in the world in 2020, show progress in this direction. This … the Textiles and Circular webinar organized as part of the World Bank learning series on the circular economy and …
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Decarbonizing maritime transport: Estimating fleet renewal trends based on ship scrapping patterns
… 50% and 250% by 2050 mainly due to the growth of the world maritime trade”. In 2018, IMO members agreed “to reduce … below. We start out by looking at the structure of the world fleet at the beginning of 2019 in age brackets (Table … and vessel types (Table 2). Table 1: Age distribution of world merchant fleet by vessel type, beginning of 2019 …