Climate Change

We support efforts to promote sustainability, adapt and build resilience against the climate emergency.

News

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

19 Dec 2018

Solar pioneer Piccard and UNCTAD to power up African green energy

The World Alliance for Efficient Solutions and UNCTAD plan to introduce innovative renewable technologies to solve Africa's huge electricity deficit.

3 Dec 2018

Economic challenges lie ahead as climate change wreaks havoc

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

17 Oct 2018

Weather-ready, climate-smart - a Q&A with Crispin D'Auvergne

A Caribbean disaster risk management expert talks about preparing the region's airports and seaports for climate change effects like more frequent and stronger hurricanes.

23 Mar 2018

Projects and Programmes

Climate change and maritime transport

Climate change impacts and adaptation for coastal transport infrastructure in the Caribbean

Recent Publications

Can Green Growth Really Work and what are the True (Socio-) Economics of Climate Change? by Ulrich Hoffmann

Local Content Requirements and the Green Economy

Events and Meetings

Commodities and Development Report 2019: Commodity Dependence, Climate Change and the Paris Agreement

11 Sep 2019

Geneva

COP24 Side Event: The Roles of Fiscal Policy, Financial Markets and Trade in Implementing the Paris Agreement

11 Dec 2018

Katowice, Poland

Trade and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Small Developing Countries, LDCs, and Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

10 Dec 2017

Buenos Aires, Argentina

COP23 Side Event: Economic diversification, just transition of workforce and global value chain in context of sustainable development

16 Nov 2017

Bonn, Germany

Documents and Publications

Climate Policies, Economic Diversification and Trade

UNCTAD/DITC/TED/2018/4 - 23 Apr 2018

English

Implementing The Paris Agreement: Response Measures, Economic Diversification and Trade

UNCTAD/DITC/MISC/2018/1 - 14 Mar 2018

English

Can Green Growth Really Work and what are the True (Socio-) Economics of Climate Change? by Ulrich Hoffmann

UNCTAD Discussion Paper No. 222

UNCTAD/OSG/DP/2015/4 - 01 Aug 2015

English

Biodiversity and climate change: Integrating REDD+ into BioTrade strategies

UNCTAD/DITC/TED/2014/6 - 24 Jul 2015

English

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Climate Change

We support efforts to promote sustainability, adapt and build resilience against the climate emergency.

News

Projects and Programmes

Climate change and maritime transport

Climate change impacts and adaptation for coastal transport infrastructure in the Caribbean

Recent Publications

Can Green Growth Really Work and what are the True (Socio-) Economics of Climate Change? by Ulrich Hoffmann

Local Content Requirements and the Green Economy

Events and Meetings

Documents and Publications