Environment
August 02, 2022 -
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
How can we harness aid for trade for a just transition to sustainable trade?
In 2022, WTO members have the opportunity to move forward on an aid for trade agenda that supports LDCs to tackle pressing challenges at the intersection of trade and sustainability. Given the massive trade-related challenges facing LDCs, the huge gap between needs and available support for a just transition to sustainable trade, and the urgency, scale, and impact of intersecting environmental crises in LDCs, mobilizing additional resources, investments, and partnerships is vital.
June 07, 2022 -
Mahesh Sugathan
Plastic pollution: Can aid for trade help least developed countries tackle this crisis?
LDCs have to deal with millions of tonnes of plastic products imported each year, including products with embedded plastics and with associated plastic packaging.
November 02, 2021 -
Marie-France Boucher, Darryl Ikbal Farshid
Turning waste into opportunity – Tuvalu's contribution to the circular economy
The saying one man's trash is another man's treasure has never been more apt for Tuvalu's first export. In June 2021, two shipping containers of crushed aluminium cans from Tuvalu headed towards South Korea. This marked a first in the country's commitment to the circular economy.
October 26, 2021 -
Peter Donelan
How Aid for Trade can Complement Climate Finance
With climate change on everyone’s mind ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), what are the key issues on the table for the world’s least developed countries (LDCs)?
October 05, 2021 -
Marlynne Hopper
Pesticide residues: The safe trade challenge
More collaboration, studies needed to boost developing country agri-food exports Pesticides are a hot topic when it comes to the intersection of agriculture, trade and food security.
August 17, 2021 -
Urvashi Narain, Phoebe Spencer
Banking on protected areas to promote a green recovery
New study finds that conservation and tourism can go hand in hand, offering recommendations how to make it so
June 06, 2021 -
Jodie Keane, Sarah Colenbrander and Laura Kelly
How can the EU’s border carbon adjustments avoid unintended consequences for LDCs?
On avoiding risks and challenges for countries striving to reduce poverty and tackle climate change
March 09, 2021 -
Sofía Baliño
What role can sustainability standards play in the post COVID-19 recovery?
Adopting such standards in LDC production offers promise, but work remains
February 18, 2021 -
Aadesh Subedi
Rising heat and snow-bare peaks chill Nepal's mountain economy
Originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 03:30 GMT
November 03, 2020 -
Samantha Harris and Léa Farnier
How businesses can build resilience to climate impacts and protect the vulnerable throughout value chains
Companies have a key role to play in building societal resilience to crises, including the current pandemic and climate impacts, across their value chains.
July 06, 2020 -
Michelle Kovacevic
Rwanda setting example for electronic waste recycling
Government and private sector worked together to create jobs in new ‘industry’
June 25, 2020 -
Global Shea Alliance
Seeing the silver lining in shea - Kora’s story
Shea is critical to the income of rural communities, and a new effort across four shea-producing countries in West Africa is looking to boost those incomes
June 23, 2020 -
Anna Spenceley
COVID-19 and tourism in Africa’s protected areas: Impacts and recovery needs
COVID-19 has led to a steep decline in business for operators in protected areas, coupled with a substantial drop in future booking requests.
June 15, 2020 -
Violeta Gonzalez Behar, Houria Djoudi
Protecting trees, empowering women, ensuring incomes – suggestions for a just shea story
How to ensure the women who collect shea benefit from being part of the global marketplace
April 29, 2020 -
Dale Honeck, Kim Kampel
West Africa's (eco)tourism initiative: Last chance to protect African biodiversity
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s travel impacts, West Africa’s objectives remain valid
April 14, 2020 -
Paolo Omar Cerutti
A traded tree: What rosewood means for Africa
Following research into the mukula value chain, recommendations to preserve livelihoods and landscapes
March 04, 2020 -
Filippos Pierros
Time for bold initiatives to tackle inequalities and climate change
Originally published in OECD-Development Matters on 31 January 2020
February 06, 2020 -
Haruko Okusu
Benefits and challenges of automated processes for wildlife trade in poor countries
Efforts towards the automation of the CITES permitting system is an example of how trade facilitation could be applied in the wildlife sector.
February 04, 2020 -
Katia Karousakis, Shunta Yamaguchi
Trade policy and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
Mainstreaming biodiversity across economic sectors is a key issue to be discussed at the CBD COP15 in China in 2020, where the post-2020 global biodiversity framework is due to be agreed upon.
December 16, 2019 -
Manuel Ruiz Muller, Joseph Henry Vogel, Klaus Angerer, Nicolas Pauchard
“Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing” in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
A Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism is the appropriate vehicle by which biodiverse rich countries can be compensated for genetic resources utilised in intellectual property.
December 09, 2019 -
Rashid S. Kaukab
Breaking silos between trade and climate for the world’s most vulnerable countries
There is urgent need to better understand trade and climate change linkages in the context of least developed countries (LDCs).
November 30, 2019 -
Sarah McIvor, Sejal Patel
Learning from least developed countries on effective climate adaptation and resilience
Some of the key elements characterising effective adaptation and resilience to climate change are a long-term perspective, coordinated and coherent action, and a socially just and inclusive approach.
November 25, 2019 -
Sofie H. Flensborg
Trade in wildlife as a pathway to sustainable development in poor countries – critical assumptions
Well-managed trade in wild animals and plants can contribute to the conservation of the species.
November 05, 2019 -
Brendan Vickers, Hilary Enos-Edu
How trade can assist least developed countries hit by natural disasters
Many least developed countries are vulnerable to recurrent natural disasters, which exacerbate existing challenges, disrupt long-term investments and divert resources away from development to reconstruction.
October 30, 2019 -
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
EIF covering environment, 4IR and global trade climate in new analyses
The Enhanced Integrated Framework’s Trade for Development News is launching a new series of articles focusing on three major trade conversations happening today.
October 24, 2019 -
Daniel F. Robinson, Margaret Raven
Ethical trade in natural products based on traditional knowledge
There are examples of sustainable, fair and ethical trade in products based on natural, biological resources and traditional knowledge.
October 08, 2019 -
Dale Honeck, Susan Snyman, Paulin Zambelongo
How can we protect African biodiversity via LDC ecotourism?
Solutions, pitfalls and priorities to stimulate ecotourism, preserve wildlife and develop, sustainably
August 13, 2019 -
Michelle Kovacevic
New WTO research puts spotlight on natural disasters and trade
How can countries use trade to promote resilience?
October 10, 2018 -
Deanna Ramsay
Protecting an enigmatic commodity with enormous potential – gum arabic
For an arid swath of Africa, a sap-like substance offers income possibilities for the poorest of the poor, along with environmental benefits
May 01, 2018 -
Giovanni Valensisi
Renewables in Least Developed Countries: More arrows in the quiver?
Originally published in Bridges Africa
March 08, 2018 -
Stacy Corneau
Six key factors in formalizing artisanal and small-scale mining
Working in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)—informal mining activities carried out using minimal technology or machinery—provides livelihoods for millions of people
March 08, 2018 -
Simon Hess, Hang T.T. Tran
Wanjira Mathai on women's renewable energy entrepreneurship in LDCs
EIF Coordinators Hang Tran and Simon Hess interview Wanjira Mathai of wPOWER partnership on women's entrepreneurship in renewables
February 01, 2018 -
How Zambia's rural communities are taking beekeeping to the next level
Recognising that traditional honey harvesting damages the forest, Zambia’s rural communities are using modern beekeeping practices that value trees and produce better quality honey.
January 29, 2018 -
Simon Hess, Michelle Kovacevic
From hunting to harvesting: Zambia’s eco-friendly approach to beekeeping
Recognising that traditional honey harvesting damages the forest, Zambia’s rural communities are using modern beekeeping practices that value trees and produce better quality honey.
December 20, 2015 -
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
Trade and eco-friendly business solutions
Developing eco-friendly business solutions for rural households
November 17, 2015 -
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
Fighting to maintain ecosystem balance and halt the advancing Sahara desert
Oumar is one of the 370,500 people in Mali producing gum arabic, among which 80% (296,400) are women.