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Explainer: What’s at stake in WTO talks on fishing rules?
The World Trade Organization hosts talks next week aimed at reaching a deal to cap subsidies that contribute to the overfishing of the world’s seas and oceans. Prospects for a
China to launch carbon trading for electricity sector in July
China will launch a nationwide carbon emissions trading scheme for the electricity sector in July, the cabinet said on 7 July. The launch of the scheme aims to control and
Overfishing Update
Overfishing negatively impacts sustainable fisheries, livelihood and world fish stocks. These unsustainable practices threaten local biodiversity and food security in many places around the world. Discover what organizations in Geneva
Climate resilience key to economic recovery in Africa
The Fifth African Climate Resilience Infrastructure Summit (ACRIS 5), held virtually last week, highlighted that integration of climate resilience in design and implementation of agribusiness, hydropower, transport corridors, urbanisation and vulnerable
ECA partners ODI and ACET to research into how AfCFTA will promote post COVID-19 economic recovery
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to assist member states to develop their national African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) implementation strategy with an environmental bias in anticipation of
Vietnam blows by Thailand in clean energy race
Bureaucracy is hampering Bangkok’s renewable energy drive as rival Vietnam powers into the regional lead. Thailand is lagging Vietnam in the race to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy
WTO Informal Dialogue Calls for Ministerial Declaration on Plastics
The Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade currently has 16 co-sponsors. Ambassador Chad Blackman of Barbados, one of the Dialogue’s co-coordinators, said the 21 June discussions
Thailand: COVID-19 delays tax reform plans
Thailand’s economy is currently at its weakest since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This has led the Thai government to put on hold its plans to undertake major reforms of
UNGA Dialogue Highlights Land Restoration as Urgent Requirement for Sustainable Development
A high-level dialogue on DLDD aimed to establish land restoration as a central priority ahead of upcoming COPs on climate, land and biodiversity. The discussion highlighted healthy land as the
