UNCTAD: Climate Change and Ports

The Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on "Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Challenge for Global Ports Building" has published its main outcomes and summary of discussions. The event builds on related activities carried out by the UNCTAD secretariat, including the first session of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport and Trade Facilitation in 2009 with a focus on "Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge", and a Joint UNECE-UNCTAD Workshop on "Climate Change Impacts on International Transport Networks" in 2010.