Op-ed by members of the Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate published in Climate Home News.
TESS is a contributing partner in the Global Climate Action Agenda’s Plan to Accelerate Solutions on Climate and Trade.
A monthly overview of what's new from TESS
Welcome to our latest monthly update.
TESS co-organized and participated in a number of sessions and events at Trade and Environment Week 2026.
This is a time to think afresh about how the trading system can deliver concrete progress on sustainability.
TESS was at the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference working for a trading system that supports sustainability.
Statement and signatories from a diverse group of leading stakeholders.
Welcome to our new monthly update.
Eight ways we made a difference in 2025
Alongside COP30, the coalition announced the publication of the brochure.
At COP30, TESS will support initiatives to promote trade-related cooperation on climate and sustainable development.
TESS will be organizing and participating in a range of events on trade and sustainability.
At INC-5.2, TESS supported an ambitious treaty that strengthens the cooperation needed to tackle the plastic crisis.
Expert-led initiative on aligning subsidies and industrial policy with sustainable development.
The twelfth TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
Join us at WTO Trade and Environment Week 2025!
Solutions emerge to bolster trade cooperation and harness technologies for climate-resilience in vulnerable countries.
For World Environment Day we assess the state of play to conclude an ambitious global treaty to end plastic pollution.
World Biodiversity Day is an important opportunity to assess the state of play of global action to reverse biodiversity.
TESS was invited to contribute on enhancing international cooperation in standards setting and implementation.
The eleventh TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
At INC-5, TESS is supporting an ambitious treaty that strengthens the cooperation needed to tackle the plastics crisis.
At COP29, TESS supported crucial trade-related cooperation on climate and sustainable development.
At COP16, TESS supported trade-related cooperation to protect and restore nature for sustainable development.
The tenth TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
The WTO Dialogue on Plastic Pollution continues work, with governments looking towards concrete and effective outcomes.
Opening remarks of WTO Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie Paugam at the opening plenary of Geneva Trade Week.
Our activities at the Public Forum and Geneva Trade Week 2024.
The ninth TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
The statement affirms support for the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies as soon as possible.
Event discusses options for international cooperation on trade, climate adaptation, and climate-resilient development.
At the review, TESS promoted international cooperation on aid for trade and financing for sustainability.
A summary of key takeaways from a LeadIT/TESS roundtable on technology co-development for a just climate transition.
TESS highlighted the need for collaborative approaches on the nexus of climate, trade and sustainable development.
The roundtable identified opportunities to protect human health in the plastics treaty negotiations.
At the meeting, we presented a set of options for inclusive collective action at the WTO on fossil fuel subsidy reform.
TESS moderated a high-level event highlighting international Geneva's role in implementing the Biodiversity Plan.
TESS worked for an ambitious and effective treaty at the global plastics treaty negotiations.
The eighth TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
TESSD deliberations should move towards specific discussions on options for collective action and concrete results.
The Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate held their second ministerial meeting in the margins of MC13.
TESS was on the ground at the Thirteenth WTO Ministerial Conference with a range of activities and publications.
The co-sponsors of the TESSD initiative continue work, with governments gearing up for the 13th Ministerial Conference.
The WTO Dialogue on Plastics Pollution continues work, with governments gearing up for the 13th Ministerial Conference.
The coalition was active during the week hosting a ministerial dialogue, expanding its membership, & releasing an op-ed.
The seventh TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
Join us at our events at COP28.
TESS has mobilized leading international experts from the trade, environment, and sustainable development communities.
Join us at our events at the Public Forum and Geneva Trade Week.
The sixth TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
TESS to support the work of the co-chairs of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution.
TESS Executive Director contributes to this issue on how to make the plastics treaty address the plastics crisis.
The fifth TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
The WTO Dialogue on Plastics Pollution continues work in 2023, assembling a diverse group of delegations & stakeholders.
The fourth TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
This coalition represents a diversity of countries from all regions and levels of development.
Launch of a new publications series on trade and climate offering developing country perspectives on trade and climate.
The third TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
The second TESS Quarterly Update is now available.
The ministers co-hosted an informal breakfast on the nexus of trade, climate and sustainable development.
TESS contributed to a multi-stakeholder dialogue to prepare for negotiations on a new int. treaty on plastics pollution.
The latest TESS newsletter on plastic pollution is available.
On future models of trade cooperation committed to the principles of sustainability.
Perspectives from Africa on trade and sustainability priorities and interests.
Where can the trading system contribute to addressing the climate crisis and supporting climate-resilient development?
Compilation of Synergies articles for the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference.
What are the impacts of US tariffs on developing countries and sustainable development?
From vision to action on trade and sustainability at the WTO.
