TESS
Fostering inclusive international cooperation for a trading system that works for sustainability.
The TESS team will be on the ground at the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) connecting with colleagues across the trade and sustainability communities at the IISD Trade+Sustainability Hub, learning more about work underway in the African region, and exploring opportunities to forge and deepen collaborations.
Events
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
- 18 March 2026, Geneva | Climate Change, Nature, & WTO Reform: What Is the Sustainability Opportunity?
- TESS co-hosted this informal roundtable with the Remaking Trade Project (RTP)
Thursday, 19 March 2026
- 19 March 2026, Geneva | Special Event: TESSD at Five Years and Launch of the TESSD MC14 Package
- Carolyn Deere Birkbeck to provide a stakeholder perspective during the high-level segment.
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
- 24-25 March 2026, Yaoundé | Africa's Role in Shaping WTO Reform for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future High-Level Workshop Convening of the Remaking Trade Project
- Christophe Bellmann will moderate a session on "WTO at a Crossroads: MC14 and the Reform Agenda."
Friday, 27 March 2026
- 27 March 2026, Yaoundé | Third Ministerial meeting of the Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate
- As its Secretariat, TESS will support this Ministerial meeting on the margins of the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference.
- 27 March 2026, Yaoundé | Trade Cooperation on Africa's Critical Minerals: Pathways for Equitable Clean Energy Transitions and Sustainable Development
- Yasmin Ismail will speak at Trade + Sustainability Hub Session 4. TESS is co-organizing this session together with UNCTAD and UNECA.
- 27 March 2026, Yaoundé | Driving Decarbonization for Development: The role of industrial policy and regional trade agreements
- Christophe Bellmann will speak at Trade + Sustainability Hub Session 9.
Saturday, 28 March 2026
- 28 March 2026,Yaoundé | Lunchtime Conversation on Africa’s Priorities at the Nexus of Trade & Sustainability
- This invitation-only roundtable will bring together leading experts on trade, environment, and sustainable development.
- 28 March 2026, Yaoundé | Climate adaptation in trade policy and politics
- Yasmin Ismail will speak at Trade + Sustainability Hub Session 12.
- 28 March 2026, Yaoundé | Making Trade Policy Work for an Equitable Green Transition: Strengthening cooperation and inclusivity
- Christophe Bellmann will speak at Trade + Sustainability Hub Session 19.
Trade & Sustainability Priorities: Christophe Bellmann (TESS)
The global trading system is in the midst of a period of instability and uncertainty. This new video series asks global trade experts: What are the top environment and sustainability priorities in need of attention by the global trading system? In this video Christophe Bellmann, Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at TESS, says "there is no credible pathway to a net zero economy and climate resilient development without addressing trade and trade policies."
