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Our dialogues, publications, and other activities on evolving and emerging policy developments in the area of sustainability, trade, and finance.

Publication - Compilation

Reiving Multilateralism: From Vision to Action on Trade and Sustainability at the WTO

A compilation of expert views published in Synergies and curated by TESS.

TESS 10 September 2024
Expert View

How Can We Harness Aid for Trade as a Crucial Component of the Financing Landscape for a Just Transition to Sustainable Trade?

Aid for trade is a crucial component of the financing landscape needed for trade to advance sustainable development.

Carolyn Deere Birkbeck & Fabrice Lehmann 01 September 2024
Expert View

Making a Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanism Work for Climate, Trade, and Equity

The WTO could play a constructive role to enhance understanding of carbon border adjustment mechanisms.

Kasturi Das & Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay 29 August 2024
Dialogue

Reception & Launch - Reviving Multilateralism: From Vision to Action on Trade and Sustainability at the WTO

This reception is hosted by TESS as part of Geneva Trade Week 2024

27 August 2024
Dialogue

International Cooperation on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development at the WTO: Pragmatic Options & Unconventional Thinking

Join us at the opening session of Geneva Trade Week 2024.

16 August 2024
Expert View

How Can Aid for Trade and Financing Help Support the Trade-Related Priorities of Developing Countries to Tackle Plastic Pollution?

On priority areas for consideration on aid for trade by members of the WTO Dialogue on Plastics Pollition.

Mahesh Sugathan 05 July 2024
Expert View

We Need Serious Conversations on Finance at the Intersection of Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development

Remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Barbados at the opening plenary of the Aid for Trade Global Review 2024.

Hon. Kerrie D. Symmonds 28 June 2024
Expert View

Unlocking the Potential of International Trade to Promote a Global Secondary Market and the Transition to a Circular Economy: What Role for the WTO?

The transition to a circular economy must be based on multilateral collaboration and coordination.

Antoine Oger & Pierre Leturcq 28 June 2024
Dialogue

What Do Developing and LDC Members Need to Implement Trade-Related Policies to Tackle Plastic Pollution?

The session addressed the needs of developing and LDC members in aid for trade projects around plastic pollution.

28 June 2024
Dialogue

Nationally Determined Contributions 3.0, Trade, Finance, and Investment Gaps and the Role of International Cooperation and Aid for Trade

This session explored how trade and investment policies can be leveraged to achieve NDCs.

26 June 2024
Dialogue

Trade, Climate Adaptation, and Climate-Resilient Development

The roundtable explored opportunities for trade-related cooperation around trade and climate adaptation.

25 June 2024
News - News

TESS at the 9th Global Review of Aid for Trade

At the review, TESS promoted international cooperation on aid for trade and financing for sustainability.

24 June 2024
Expert View

The IMO Carbon Pricing Mechanism, the Equitable Transition of International Shipping, and WTO Law

As the IMO considers a carbon pricing mechanism, what are the risks of WTO members challenging implementation measures.

Goran Dominioni 30 May 2024
Dialogue

Green Subsidies, Trade, and Sustainable Development: Priorities for Enhanced International Cooperation on Financing Sustainability

TESS hosted a roundtable to share perspectives on enhanced international cooperation on financing sustainability

07 May 2024
Dialogue

Brainstorming Roundtable on Nature-Positive Trade Rules for Sustainable Development

Participants discussed the role of trade in supporting a global bioeconomy that serves sustainable development.

18 April 2024
Expert View

Trade in the Balance: Aligning the Trading System With Climate and Development Goals

The trade regime must provide incentives for low-carbon, socially inclusive, and climate-resilient growth trajectories.

Kevin Gallagher & Tim Hirschel-Burns 11 March 2024
Expert View

Greening Supply Chains: Sleepwalking Into a New Era of Trade Policy?

Trade negotiators are advised to become acquainted with the dynamics of the environmental and financial communities.

Marion Jansen 07 March 2024
Expert View

The Governance of Trade as if a Healthy Planet Really Mattered

For the redesign of a trade regime placed at the service of a healthy, balanced, and equitable planetary community.

Mark Halle 29 February 2024
Expert View

Voluntary Carbon Markets – Unfinished Business From COP28

The unfinished business of establishing a regulatory framework for carbon markets could provide a new frontier.

David Luke & Cecilia Wandiga 22 February 2024
Expert View

How to Avoid Potential Friction in Future Trade in Climate Technologies

There are avenues for cooperation within the WTO and beyond on future low-carbon technology trade.

Brad McDonald & Scott Vaughan 22 February 2024
Publication - Policy Paper

Greening Aid for Trade: Pathways for a Just and Fair Transition to Sustainable Trade

On how aid for trade strategies can ensure a just and fair transition for developing countries.

Carolyn Deere Birkbeck 31 October 2022
Expert View

How Can We Harness Aid for Trade for a Just Transition to Sustainable Trade?

How developing countries can harness aid for trade to support a just transition to sustainable trade.

Carolyn Deere Birkbeck 02 August 2022
Dialogue

Greening Aid for Trade: Future Priorities and Pathways for a Just Transition to Sustainable Trade

Session on greening Aid for Trade during the 2022 Aid for Trade Global Review.

28 July 2022
Dialogue

Informal Discussion on Aid for Trade, Environment, and Sustainable Development

Informal discussion on AfT, environment, & sustainable development ahead of the 2022 AfT Global Review in Geneva.

30 June 2022
Dialogue

Climate Change Loss and Damage: An Emergency Economic, Finance, and Trade Agenda for a Planet on Fire

Launch event of the recently published "Climate Vulnerable Economies Loss Report."

16 June 2022
Expert View

Plastic Pollution: Can Aid for Trade Help Least Developed Countries Tackle This Crisis?

How aid for trade can support least developed country efforts to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.

Mahesh Sugathan 07 June 2022
Publication - Policy Brief

Aid for Trade Priorities on Plastic Pollution

A discussion of how aid for trade can help address the plastic pollution crisis.

Mahesh Sugathan 24 May 2022
Dialogue

Aid for Trade, Environment, and Sustainable Development

TESS hosted Geneva-based experts to discuss aid for trade, environment, and sustainable development.

03 February 2022
Dialogue

Greening Aid for Trade and the SDGs

Webinar on greening Aid for Trade and the SDGs.

24 June 2021