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Investment treaty regime needs reforms to support climate action

Reforms are essential to ensure investment treaties and associated investor-state disputes don’t hinder countries’ efforts to tackle climate change.

Young people advance action towards a healthy planet for all

Young people advance action towards a healthy planet for all

Youth advocacy is on the rise, turbocharging a generational movement to fight the existential threat of climate change.

A queen conch lies on a seagrass bed in the Caribbean Sea.

Promoting sustainable fisheries trade in Eastern Caribbean

Countries aim to protect the iconic queen conch, build a sustainable ocean economy and provide tangible benefits to people working in the region’s seafood value chains.

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Greening international debt data

By Rachid Bouhia, UNCTAD Economist

Projects and Programmes

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Climate change adaptation and maritime transport

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

Recent Publications

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Climate change, green recovery and trade

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Trade and Environment Review 2021

Events and Meetings

Environmental Leadership: Latin American Perspectives on the Climate Crisis

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

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

Katowice, Poland

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

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Documents and Publications

Climate change, green recovery and trade

UNCTAD/DITC/TED/2021/2 - 29 Apr 2021

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Trade and Environment Review 2021: Trade-climate readiness for developing countries

UNCTAD/DITC/TED/2020/3 - 17 Feb 2021

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Climate Policies, Economic Diversification and Trade

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

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

Response Measures, Economic Diversification and Trade

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

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