📢 New research from @pewtrusts says that #plasticpollution will more than double in 15 years without global action. TESS is committed to supporting a fair, effective, balanced, and ambitious #plasticstreaty. #UNEA #UNEA7 @Winnie_WYLau 📘 Read: Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025:

NEW PUBLICATION: Ten years after the Paris Agreement, it’s clear: we can’t address the climate crisis without trade and trade policies aligned with Paris goals. At COP30, trade issues moved to the centre of climate negotiations. Our new TESS compilation brings together dozens of

🌐 How can international trade be leveraged not only as a driver of low-carbon transformation but also as an instrument for inclusive and just transitions? As global trade and climate policy become increasingly interconnected, the need for inclusive, transparent, and

🌱 Alongside #COP30, TESS and the FACT Dialogue co-hosted an event on the role international cooperation on trade, sustainable agriculture, and deforestation has to play in fostering inclusive and sustainable agri-food supply chains. Noting the growing range of environmental

⚙️ Industrial decarbonization is essential for achieving global climate goals – yet many developing countries continue to face structural barriers to accessing and scaling the technologies required. During our #COP30 session with LeadIT, speakers reflected on how to strengthen

🌍In case you missed it, the co-leads of the Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate (Ecuador, the EU, Kenya, & New Zealand) issued a message for this #COP30, emphasising importance of: •⁠ ⁠cooperation at the intersection of trade, climate, and sustainable development & •⁠

🌍 Trade and climate policy were long treated as distinct, often incompatible domains, yet international trade can serve as a powerful yet underused accelerator of global decarbonization. In this latest Synergies article, Jorge Arbache shares his views on how trade can help

🌍 As #COP30 thematic days come to a close, the discussions have highlighted the wide range of transformations taking place across sectors on the road to net zero – from agriculture, industry, and transport to oceans, forests, finance, and food systems. To support these

🌿 TESS is delighted to welcome Dominic Coppens as Senior Fellow on Trade, Climate & Sustainable Development. Dominic is a Professor of International Economic Law at Maastricht University and brings extensive experience in international trade and environmental law. He has

🌱 Today’s #COP30 thematic focus on agriculture, food systems, food security, and fisheries offers a timely opportunity to build on insights on where international cooperation on trade fits in from our latest TESS Synergies series. Sneak preview: Here are four articles directly

🌱 As #COP30 turns its focus today to food, agriculture, fisheries, and equity, TESS highlights two sectoral briefing notes from our series on Trade, Climate and Net Zero Pathways: Implications for Developing Countries and Climate-Resilient Development. Briefing notes

🌿 As #COP30 in Belém highlights the urgency of accelerated action on the climate crisis, a key task for governments and stakeholders will be to forge a global cooperation agenda on trade, climate, and sustainable development. In a new Synergies article, Christophe Bellmann and

🌿 As #COP30 in Belém reaches the halfway point, a key challenge is for the trade and climate architectures to work together to drive climate action, resilience, and justice. At this year’s TESS Annual Conference on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development (TCSD 2025), over

📢Starting soon! @TradeMinClimate panel on “Trade’s Contribution to Advancing the Global Climate Agenda: Examples for Collective Action.” 🗓️ 14 November I 12.00-12.45 (BRT) 📍 @wgeoorg Pavilion 🎥

Hot off the press, @TradeMinClimate just released a brochure highlighting a sample of collaborative actions taken by Coalition Members to advance cooperation at the nexus of trade, climate, and sustainable development. Read it here 👉

🌍 Join us live at #COP30 with UNCTAD, IISD, and Youth Negotiators! Alongside COP30, TESS, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD), and Youth Negotiators will host a session on “Affordable Access to Technologies Vital to