The first edition of the TESS Annual Conference on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development (TCSD 2025), with themes of climate action, resilience, and justice, is taking place on 23-24 October 2025 at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Event Date
23-24 October 2025
Location
Geneva Graduate Institute
Participation
By invitation only
TCSD 2025 aims to strengthen an expert community of practice across trade, climate, and development policy communities involving thought leaders from around the world to support the inclusive international cooperation needed for climate action and provide actionable solutions.
THEMES
The inaugural edition of the TESS Annual Conference on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development focuses on pathways for cooperation on climate action, resilience, and justice. Thematic sessions cover a range of specific and critical topics for attention at the nexus of trade, climate, and sustainable development.
SESSIONS
TCSD 2025 combines a number of live-cast public panels with a series of closed thematic brainstorming sessions and lunchtime dives designed to deepen dialogue and generate practical ideas for concrete outcomes, collaborations, and ways forward.
EXPERTS
The conference brings together in person a regionally diverse range of senior experts from research centres, think tanks, and academia, as well as stakeholder organizations, intergovernmental organizations, and government.
PARTICIPATION
Participation is by invitation only and TCSD is intended to be an in-person gathering. However, online participation in live-cast public panels is open to all and there are some opportunities for hybrid participation in thematic sessions. TESS is supporting expert participation from developing countries.