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.

Green Economy and Trade

The Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the Green Economy: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications was convened by UNCTAD and UNEP from 8-10 November focussing on the themes:

1. Moving beyond the green economy discourse
2. Transition to a green economy
3. Technology and finance
4. Trade issues in the green economy
5. Formulating a message to Rio + 20

More information and background documents

Green Economy and Rio+20

UNCTAD has released the second volume of "Roads to Rio+20," a collection of essays on the green economy, focusing on potential pathways for governments to enable a green economy in accordance with their respective development priorities.

UNCTAD: Annual Report

The 2010 Annual Report of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) summarizing  research and cooperation activities towards development-led globalization has been released here: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/dom2011d1_en.pdf.

UNCTAD: Policy Brief

Summarizing the challenges and opportunities of a "development-led green economy," the brief states that, in order to be inclusive, the transition to a green economy must be supported by development-led policies and concerted actions, noting that greater efforts are needed to address the challenges faced by developing countries and enable them to seize opportunities offered by a green economy.

LDCs and Green Economy

A jont report, issued by UNEP, UNCTAD and UN-OHRLLS was released at the start of the 4th UN Conference on LDCs in Istanbul (Turkey). Why a Green Economy Matters for the Least Developed Countries points to the economic and human development opportunities of a green economy transition for LDCs.

UNCTAD: Report on Green Economy

UNCTAD has issued the report of the Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on "The Green Economy: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications," which t is issued as a background paper for PrepCom II of UNCSD (Rio+20) and designed to feed directly into the Report of the UN Secretary-General to PrepCom 2.  Publication: The Green Economy: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications] [UNCTAD Background Paper for Meeting]