As governments and stakeholders gather in Antalya from 9-20 November for the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), TESS will be on the ground to support a range of initiatives seeking to promote inclusive cooperation and action on trade, climate, and sustainable development.
Thursday, 12 November 2026
- Side Event: Trade Policy for an Inclusive Clean Energy Transition in the Indo-Pacific
Logistics: Australian Pavilion Event Space, 15:00-15:45 (TRT), Open Meeting
Organizer: Institute for International Trade (Adelaide University), TESS, and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Summary: Christophe Bellmann, Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at TESS, will speak at this panel discussion, which will bring together senior trade and climate voices from Indonesia, the Pacific, the United States and the multilateral system. The side event will explore carbon competitiveness, critical minerals and green value chains, market access for smaller and climate-vulnerable economies, and the interface between climate and trade rules.
Friday, 13 November 2026 (Trade Day)
- Event: Climate Measures, Trade Impacts, and the Development Challenge
Logistics: PHL Pavilion, 10:00-10:50 (TRT), Open Meeting
Organizers: Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization, University of the Philippines Law Center Institute of International Legal Studies (UPLC-IILS), and TESS
Summary: Yasmin Ismail, Senior Policy Advisor at TESS, will speak at this side event on the outcomes of two high-level, multi-sectoral roundtables on trade and climate policy held in Manila in October 2025 and July 2026. Experts will share strategies and insights to inform the Philippines as it develops its own strategy paper on trade and climate policy for climate-resilient development.
Saturday, 14 November 2026
- Event: Harnessing Trade Cooperation to Deliver Green Industrialization and Climate Goals
Logistics: Special Event Room 30, 09:00-10:00 (TRT), Open Meeting
Organizers: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Trade Centre (ITC), and the Net-Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance (NZECA).
Summary: Yasmin Ismail, Senior Policy Advisor at TESS, will speak at this event, which will showcase implementation progress, lessons learned, and remaining challenges under the Plans to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) Harnessing Trade Policy for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Low-Carbon Economic Diversification and Climate Resilience.
- Event: International Climate Councils Network (ICCN) Member Forum
Logistics: Akra Hotel, Şirinyalı, Lara, 09:30-10:30 (TRT)
Organizers: E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism).
Summary: Christophe Bellmann, Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at TESS, will speak at this event.
Wednesday, 18 November 2026
- Side Event: Building Implementation Capacity at the Climate-Trade Nexus: A Country-Led, Sector-Specific Approach
Logistics: Orange Room (Blue Zone), 18:30-20:00 (TRT), Open Meeting
Organizers: Climate Strategies, SEATINI, and TESS.
Summary: Yasmin Ismail, Senior Policy Advisor at TESS, will speak at this event, which will explore the key domestic and value-chain levers that could enable trade to become a driver of ambitious climate action.