9th Global Review | Aid for Trade – Geneva Environment Network

The World Trade Organization will hold the 9th Global Review of Aid for Trade Held on June 26-28, 2024, the biennial Global Review serves as a global platform to highlight areas where developing economies and least developed countries (LDCs) need help to overcome constraints on the supply side that limit their participation in global trade. Organized under the theme “Trade Integration”, the review session will give an important place to the environment:

• From cotton to clothing: charting pathways to create sustainable jobs for women and youth in West and Central Africa | The WTO and UNIDO | June 26, 2024, 2:00 p.m. CEST | WTO, room W
• Aid for Trade in the new global architecture for financing sustainable development: tools, measurement, impact | OECD | June 26, 2024, 2:00 p.m. CEST | WTO, room S2
• Sustainability standards: a driver for trade | ISO, BMZ | June 26, 2024, 5:00 p.m. CEST | WTO, room S3
• Navigating Global Climate Policy Dynamics to Catalyze Sustainable Business Competitiveness | Asian Development Bank | June 26, 2024, 5:00 p.m. CEST | WTO, room S2
• Green Horizons: Navigating the future of trade through sustainability and collaboration – a shift from air to sea freight | European Union | June 26, 2024, 5:00 p.m. CEST | WTO, room W
• The role of Aid for Trade in improving food security through value addition and market access in OACPS countries | Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), European Union and TradeMark Africa | June 27, 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, room L
• Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of food systems through digital transformation | Chinese Taipei | June 27, 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, room S3
• Crop diversification and resilience: feeding the world and growing exports. Heritage cultures and localized innovation | USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for CropImprovement (ILCI) and American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) | June 27, 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, room D
• Leveraging global partnerships to implement the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies for a Sustainable and Food Secure Future | WTO, World Bank | June 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m. CEST | OMC, Room CR
• Innovating for food security: the role of digital connectivity | International Seed Federation | June 27, 2024, 2:00 p.m. CEST | WTO, room S2
• Supporting developing economies opens up clean energy business opportunities | WMO | June 28, 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, room E
• What do developing members and LDCs need to implement trade policies to combat plastic pollution? | Dialogue on plastic pollution and environmentally sustainable plastic trade, TESS | June 28, 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, room S2
• Blue Futures: Integrating Blue Economy Trade into National Development Strategies for African SIDS and Coastal Nations | Sao Tome and Principe, African Union Commission, UNDP, UNCTAD | June 28, 2024, 9:00 a.m. | WTO, room D