Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS)
@tessforum.bsky.social
For inclusive international cooperation and action on trade and sustainability.
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🌍 Trade and climate policy were long treated as distinct, incompatible domains, yet international trade can serve as a powerful accelerator of global decarbonization.
In this Synergies article Jorge Arbache shares his views on how trade can help accelerate global climate mitigation.
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In this Synergies article Jorge Arbache shares his views on how trade can help accelerate global climate mitigation.
bit.ly/4pp8cJh
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🌍 Trade and climate policy were long treated as distinct, incompatible domains, yet international trade can serve as a powerful accelerator of global decarbonization.
In this Synergies article Jorge Arbache shares his views on how trade can help accelerate global climate mitigation.
bit.ly/4pp8cJh
In this Synergies article Jorge Arbache shares his views on how trade can help accelerate global climate mitigation.
bit.ly/4pp8cJh
🌍 Discussions during COP30 have highlighted the wide range of transformations taking place on the road to net zero, from agriculture, & industry, to oceans, forests, & finance.
Contributions to the series examine issues relevant to many of COP30’s thematic areas.
🔗Full Series: bit.ly/4o7qayI
Contributions to the series examine issues relevant to many of COP30’s thematic areas.
🔗Full Series: bit.ly/4o7qayI
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌍 Discussions during COP30 have highlighted the wide range of transformations taking place on the road to net zero, from agriculture, & industry, to oceans, forests, & finance.
Contributions to the series examine issues relevant to many of COP30’s thematic areas.
🔗Full Series: bit.ly/4o7qayI
Contributions to the series examine issues relevant to many of COP30’s thematic areas.
🔗Full Series: bit.ly/4o7qayI
🌿 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.
Welcome on board!
Dominic is a Professor of International Economic Law at Maastricht University and brings extensive experience in international trade and environmental law.
Welcome on board!
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🌿 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.
Welcome on board!
Dominic is a Professor of International Economic Law at Maastricht University and brings extensive experience in international trade and environmental law.
Welcome on board!
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🌱 Today’s COP30 thematic focus on agriculture, food systems, food security, and fisheries offers a timely opportunity to build on insights from our Synergies series directly relevant to today’s discussions.
🌱 Today’s COP30 thematic focus on agriculture, food systems, food security, and fisheries offers a timely opportunity to build on insights from our Synergies series directly relevant to today’s discussions.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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🌱 Today’s COP30 thematic focus on agriculture, food systems, food security, and fisheries offers a timely opportunity to build on insights from our Synergies series directly relevant to today’s discussions.
🌱 Today’s COP30 thematic focus on agriculture, food systems, food security, and fisheries offers a timely opportunity to build on insights from our Synergies series directly relevant to today’s discussions.
🌱 As COP30 turns its focus to food, agriculture, fisheries, & equity, TESS highlights two sectoral briefing notes from our series on Trade, Climate & Net Zero Pathways.
🌾Agriculture by Christophe Bellmann
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3JLhgJr
🐟Fisheries by U. Rashid Sumaila
🔗Read here: bit.ly/4oS7KU6
🌾Agriculture by Christophe Bellmann
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3JLhgJr
🐟Fisheries by U. Rashid Sumaila
🔗Read here: bit.ly/4oS7KU6
TESS - Agriculture – Trade, Climate, and Net Zero Pathways: Scenarios and Implications for Developing Countries and Climate-Resilient Development
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November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🌱 As COP30 turns its focus to food, agriculture, fisheries, & equity, TESS highlights two sectoral briefing notes from our series on Trade, Climate & Net Zero Pathways.
🌾Agriculture by Christophe Bellmann
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3JLhgJr
🐟Fisheries by U. Rashid Sumaila
🔗Read here: bit.ly/4oS7KU6
🌾Agriculture by Christophe Bellmann
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3JLhgJr
🐟Fisheries by U. Rashid Sumaila
🔗Read here: bit.ly/4oS7KU6
🌿 At #COP30 a key task for governments & stakeholders will be to forge a global cooperation agenda on trade, climate, & sustainable development.
This Synergies article outlines a seven-point agenda that could be pursued at the WTO, UNFCCC, & other international fora.
Article: bit.ly/47OfIpK
This Synergies article outlines a seven-point agenda that could be pursued at the WTO, UNFCCC, & other international fora.
Article: bit.ly/47OfIpK
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🌿 At #COP30 a key task for governments & stakeholders will be to forge a global cooperation agenda on trade, climate, & sustainable development.
This Synergies article outlines a seven-point agenda that could be pursued at the WTO, UNFCCC, & other international fora.
Article: bit.ly/47OfIpK
This Synergies article outlines a seven-point agenda that could be pursued at the WTO, UNFCCC, & other international fora.
Article: bit.ly/47OfIpK
🌿 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.
This short video captures the spirit and messages of our TCSD panel on COP30.
🎥 bit.ly/4nURVKQ
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
This short video captures the spirit and messages of our TCSD panel on COP30.
🎥 bit.ly/4nURVKQ
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
TESS message for COP30
On building bridges across trade and climate communities!
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November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🌿 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.
This short video captures the spirit and messages of our TCSD panel on COP30.
🎥 bit.ly/4nURVKQ
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
This short video captures the spirit and messages of our TCSD panel on COP30.
🎥 bit.ly/4nURVKQ
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
Hot off the press, @trademinclimate.bsky.social 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 👉 bit.ly/3LL5QWt
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/3LL5QWt
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hot off the press, @trademinclimate.bsky.social 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 👉 bit.ly/3LL5QWt
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/3LL5QWt
🌍 Alongside COP30, TESS, UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD), International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD), & Youth Negotiators will host a session “Affordable Access to Technologies Vital to Achieving Climate Goals.”
🗓️ 15 November 2025 | 09:00-09:45 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/47CXglo
🗓️ 15 November 2025 | 09:00-09:45 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/47CXglo
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🌍 Alongside COP30, TESS, UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD), International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD), & Youth Negotiators will host a session “Affordable Access to Technologies Vital to Achieving Climate Goals.”
🗓️ 15 November 2025 | 09:00-09:45 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/47CXglo
🗓️ 15 November 2025 | 09:00-09:45 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/47CXglo
Our Executive Director @carolyndeere.bsky.social will be speaking today at a webinar co-hosted by ODI Global & Trade Negotiations Investment Forum on “Bridging climate and trade policy: Africa’s road from ACS2 to COP30 and MC14”.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Our Executive Director @carolyndeere.bsky.social will be speaking today at a webinar co-hosted by ODI Global & Trade Negotiations Investment Forum on “Bridging climate and trade policy: Africa’s road from ACS2 to COP30 and MC14”.
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🌿 Alongside COP30, TESS and the FACT Dialogue will host a session on “Fostering International Cooperation on Trade, Sustainable Agriculture, & Deforestation: The Importance of Smallholder Inclusion in Sustainable Agri-Food Chains.”
🗓️ 15 November | 15:30–16:30 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/3WTF8gO
🗓️ 15 November | 15:30–16:30 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/3WTF8gO
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🌿 Alongside COP30, TESS and the FACT Dialogue will host a session on “Fostering International Cooperation on Trade, Sustainable Agriculture, & Deforestation: The Importance of Smallholder Inclusion in Sustainable Agri-Food Chains.”
🗓️ 15 November | 15:30–16:30 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/3WTF8gO
🗓️ 15 November | 15:30–16:30 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/3WTF8gO
⚙️ Join us live at #COP30 with LeadIT
Alongside COP30, TESS and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) will host a session on industrial decarbonisation.
🗓️ 14 November | 15:00–16:00 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/4867wCB
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Alongside COP30, TESS and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) will host a session on industrial decarbonisation.
🗓️ 14 November | 15:00–16:00 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/4867wCB
@leadit.bsky.social @wipo.int @afphafrica.bsky.social l
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
⚙️ Join us live at #COP30 with LeadIT
Alongside COP30, TESS and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) will host a session on industrial decarbonisation.
🗓️ 14 November | 15:00–16:00 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/4867wCB
@leadit.bsky.social @wipo.int @afphafrica.bsky.social l
Alongside COP30, TESS and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) will host a session on industrial decarbonisation.
🗓️ 14 November | 15:00–16:00 (BRT)
More information: bit.ly/4867wCB
@leadit.bsky.social @wipo.int @afphafrica.bsky.social l
🌍 In this latest Synergies article Christophe Bellmann, Carolyn Birkbeck, Yasmin Ismail, & Brian K. Nyaga review options on how international cooperation could help foster greater coherence, transparency, & equity in the design and implementation of trade-climate measures.
💡 Article: bit.ly/4qOztpZ
💡 Article: bit.ly/4qOztpZ
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🌍 In this latest Synergies article Christophe Bellmann, Carolyn Birkbeck, Yasmin Ismail, & Brian K. Nyaga review options on how international cooperation could help foster greater coherence, transparency, & equity in the design and implementation of trade-climate measures.
💡 Article: bit.ly/4qOztpZ
💡 Article: bit.ly/4qOztpZ
🌍 In this latest Synergies article, Marit Y. Kitaw & Yasmin Ismail share their views on how Africa can leverage its growing strategic importance in the critical minerals market to promote value addition, regional economic diversification, & green industrialization.
Read the article: bit.ly/47CTQ0B
Read the article: bit.ly/47CTQ0B
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🌍 In this latest Synergies article, Marit Y. Kitaw & Yasmin Ismail share their views on how Africa can leverage its growing strategic importance in the critical minerals market to promote value addition, regional economic diversification, & green industrialization.
Read the article: bit.ly/47CTQ0B
Read the article: bit.ly/47CTQ0B
🌿 In this latest Synergies article, Alfonso Medinilla of ECDPM shares his views on how developing countries can navigate the EU’s evolving green trade architecture, & engage more proactively to shape their implementation.
💡 Article: bit.ly/47socCP
@amedinil.bsky.social @ecdpm.org @ec.europa.eu
💡 Article: bit.ly/47socCP
@amedinil.bsky.social @ecdpm.org @ec.europa.eu
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🌿 In this latest Synergies article, Alfonso Medinilla of ECDPM shares his views on how developing countries can navigate the EU’s evolving green trade architecture, & engage more proactively to shape their implementation.
💡 Article: bit.ly/47socCP
@amedinil.bsky.social @ecdpm.org @ec.europa.eu
💡 Article: bit.ly/47socCP
@amedinil.bsky.social @ecdpm.org @ec.europa.eu
🌿 That’s a wrap on TCSD 2025!
TCSD 2025 brought together a wide range of experts, policymakers, & partners for two days of rich exchanges.
A big thank you to all speakers, participants, & partners for contributing to an inspiring conference. 🌍
Panel recordings bit.ly/47nZeV5
Photos bit.ly/4obEgQK
TCSD 2025 brought together a wide range of experts, policymakers, & partners for two days of rich exchanges.
A big thank you to all speakers, participants, & partners for contributing to an inspiring conference. 🌍
Panel recordings bit.ly/47nZeV5
Photos bit.ly/4obEgQK
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🌿 That’s a wrap on TCSD 2025!
TCSD 2025 brought together a wide range of experts, policymakers, & partners for two days of rich exchanges.
A big thank you to all speakers, participants, & partners for contributing to an inspiring conference. 🌍
Panel recordings bit.ly/47nZeV5
Photos bit.ly/4obEgQK
TCSD 2025 brought together a wide range of experts, policymakers, & partners for two days of rich exchanges.
A big thank you to all speakers, participants, & partners for contributing to an inspiring conference. 🌍
Panel recordings bit.ly/47nZeV5
Photos bit.ly/4obEgQK
🌿 In this latest Synergies article, drawing on insights from LeadIT and SEI's recently published report, Aaron Maltais & Timothy Suljada explore how cooperation on industrial policy can build shared opportunities for green transformation.
Synergies article bit.ly/4owSM5b
SEI report bit.ly/47DTTKI
Synergies article bit.ly/4owSM5b
SEI report bit.ly/47DTTKI
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🌿 In this latest Synergies article, drawing on insights from LeadIT and SEI's recently published report, Aaron Maltais & Timothy Suljada explore how cooperation on industrial policy can build shared opportunities for green transformation.
Synergies article bit.ly/4owSM5b
SEI report bit.ly/47DTTKI
Synergies article bit.ly/4owSM5b
SEI report bit.ly/47DTTKI
🌍 The first edition of the TESS Annual Conference on Trade, Climate, & Sustainable Development (TCSD) will take place next week (23–24/10). Several sessions will be open to the public, see details below.
Panel 1
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Panel 2
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Panel 3
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Panel 4
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Panel 1
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Panel 2
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Panel 3
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Panel 4
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October 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🌍 The first edition of the TESS Annual Conference on Trade, Climate, & Sustainable Development (TCSD) will take place next week (23–24/10). Several sessions will be open to the public, see details below.
Panel 1
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Panel 2
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Panel 3
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Panel 4
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Panel 1
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Panel 2
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Panel 3
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Panel 4
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🌱 In this latest Synergies article, Anthony Cox, Senior Policy Advisor at the Ecologic Institute, shares his views on how countries can pursue non-subsidy, trade-related incentives that help drive more equitable, resilient, and low-emission food systems.
💡 Read the article: bit.ly/4osw7XO
💡 Read the article: bit.ly/4osw7XO
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
🌱 In this latest Synergies article, Anthony Cox, Senior Policy Advisor at the Ecologic Institute, shares his views on how countries can pursue non-subsidy, trade-related incentives that help drive more equitable, resilient, and low-emission food systems.
💡 Read the article: bit.ly/4osw7XO
💡 Read the article: bit.ly/4osw7XO
🌍 During Geneva Trade Week 2025, TESS launched a compilation of sectoral briefing notes: “Trade, climate, and net zero pathways: Scenarios and implications for developing countries and climate-resilient development.”
🔗 Explore the series here: bit.ly/3IFbjx7
#TradeAndSustainability #NetZero #GTW25
🔗 Explore the series here: bit.ly/3IFbjx7
#TradeAndSustainability #NetZero #GTW25
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌍 During Geneva Trade Week 2025, TESS launched a compilation of sectoral briefing notes: “Trade, climate, and net zero pathways: Scenarios and implications for developing countries and climate-resilient development.”
🔗 Explore the series here: bit.ly/3IFbjx7
#TradeAndSustainability #NetZero #GTW25
🔗 Explore the series here: bit.ly/3IFbjx7
#TradeAndSustainability #NetZero #GTW25
🌍 At the WTO Public Forum TESS, in partnership with WWF, was pleased to launch a new discussion paper: “Accelerating Progress on Nature, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development in a Shifting International Trading System.”
🔗Paper: bit.ly/46uu0N0
🎥 Watch the session: bit.ly/48sxu4b
🔗Paper: bit.ly/46uu0N0
🎥 Watch the session: bit.ly/48sxu4b
October 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🌍 At the WTO Public Forum TESS, in partnership with WWF, was pleased to launch a new discussion paper: “Accelerating Progress on Nature, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development in a Shifting International Trading System.”
🔗Paper: bit.ly/46uu0N0
🎥 Watch the session: bit.ly/48sxu4b
🔗Paper: bit.ly/46uu0N0
🎥 Watch the session: bit.ly/48sxu4b
🌍 Day 3 of Geneva Trade Week
Annual Stakeholder Roundtable Breakfast on Trade, Climate, & Sustainable Development, bringing together experts & stakeholders to exchange views on pathways for international cooperation at the nexus of trade, climate, & sustainable development.
📸 Patrick Anderseck
Annual Stakeholder Roundtable Breakfast on Trade, Climate, & Sustainable Development, bringing together experts & stakeholders to exchange views on pathways for international cooperation at the nexus of trade, climate, & sustainable development.
📸 Patrick Anderseck
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🌍 Day 3 of Geneva Trade Week
Annual Stakeholder Roundtable Breakfast on Trade, Climate, & Sustainable Development, bringing together experts & stakeholders to exchange views on pathways for international cooperation at the nexus of trade, climate, & sustainable development.
📸 Patrick Anderseck
Annual Stakeholder Roundtable Breakfast on Trade, Climate, & Sustainable Development, bringing together experts & stakeholders to exchange views on pathways for international cooperation at the nexus of trade, climate, & sustainable development.
📸 Patrick Anderseck
🌍 At last week’s WTO Public Forum, Brazil’s COP30 President-Designate, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, announced Belém’s flagship initiative on climate change and trade: the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT).
Read the Ambassador’s full speech here: bit.ly/3VzmPwT
Read the Ambassador’s full speech here: bit.ly/3VzmPwT
September 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🌍 At last week’s WTO Public Forum, Brazil’s COP30 President-Designate, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, announced Belém’s flagship initiative on climate change and trade: the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT).
Read the Ambassador’s full speech here: bit.ly/3VzmPwT
Read the Ambassador’s full speech here: bit.ly/3VzmPwT
🌍 New briefing note: Digital Transformation – Trade, Climate, and Net Zero Pathways: Scenarios and Implications for Developing Countries and Climate-Resilient Development by Yasmin Ismail and Nadira Bayat.
📖 Read the full publication here: bit.ly/46CyfVx
📖 Read the full publication here: bit.ly/46CyfVx
September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🌍 New briefing note: Digital Transformation – Trade, Climate, and Net Zero Pathways: Scenarios and Implications for Developing Countries and Climate-Resilient Development by Yasmin Ismail and Nadira Bayat.
📖 Read the full publication here: bit.ly/46CyfVx
📖 Read the full publication here: bit.ly/46CyfVx
Last week, TESS was delighted to host a reception on the opening day of #GenevaTradeWeek 2025.
Since our creation, TESS has been fortunate to work with colleagues and partners from around the world. This reception was our way of thanking and bringing these communities together.
📸 Patrick Anderseck
Since our creation, TESS has been fortunate to work with colleagues and partners from around the world. This reception was our way of thanking and bringing these communities together.
📸 Patrick Anderseck
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Last week, TESS was delighted to host a reception on the opening day of #GenevaTradeWeek 2025.
Since our creation, TESS has been fortunate to work with colleagues and partners from around the world. This reception was our way of thanking and bringing these communities together.
📸 Patrick Anderseck
Since our creation, TESS has been fortunate to work with colleagues and partners from around the world. This reception was our way of thanking and bringing these communities together.
📸 Patrick Anderseck