Event Virtual
Geneva Trade Week 2020 | GTW2020
The Geneva Trade Week 2020 - a digital conference organized by the Geneva Trade Platform - is running from Monday 28 September to Friday 2 October. Taking place in the week of the now cancelled WTO Public Forum, Geneva Trade Week brings together policymakers, academics, experts, the private sector and activists to discuss trade, its impact, and its connection to various issues. Environment and sustainability are high on the agenda.
Find here a selection of sessions discussing environmental-related issues. All sessions can be watched live on the platform website.
Monday 28 September
- 17:00 | S5: Trade Policy and Climate – Which Instruments have the Greatest Potential for the WTO to ‘Build Back Better’? | Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the National Board of Trade
Tuesday 29 September
- 11:00 | S11: Trade, Biodiversity & Natural Resources: What Role for Trade Policy in a New Deal for Nature? | UNEP Trade & Environment Hub and UNCTAD
- 13:00 | Plenary: Sustainability | High Level Panel on Trade and Delivering the 2030 Agenda: the priorities and the impact of COVID-19 | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Wednesday 30 September
- 09:00 | S19: Trade in Support of Circular Economy, Sustainable Development and Green Recovery Post COVID-19 | Permanent Mission of Finland to Geneva, Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to Geneva, ITC, the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, World Economic Forum, UNECE and Institute for European Environmental Policy
- 11:00 | S24: Harnessing Trade as a Means for Strengthening Agenda 2030 & the SDGs – The Case of WTO Accession | UNECE Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, WTO Secretariat Accessions Division and the Permanent Missions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Belarus to Geneva
- 15:00 | S26: How Can Multilateral Trade Policy Advance the Global Sustainability Agenda?| UK Department of International Trade
- 15:00 | S27: #StopFundingOverfishing | The Pew Charitable Trusts, Friends of Ocean Action and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- 17:00 | S29: Trade and trade policy in the fight against plastic pollution: What are the challenges and opportunities? | The Graduate Institute, Pew Trusts, UN Environment, UNCTAD, CIEL, WEF and SNIS
Thursday 1 October
- 09:00 | S32: Tackling Fossil Fuel Subsidies for a Greener Future: Is the WTO up to the Task? | University of Eastern Finland and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- 11:00 | S34: Strategies, Policies and Technologies for More Sustainable Production and Supply Chains | Chatham House, Adam Smith International, WWF-UK and UNECE
Friday 2 October
- 9:00 | S43: Trade and Climate: A New Grand Bargain for Sustainability without Protectionism | Frontier Economics
- 11:00 | S47: Achieving SDGs through Voluntary Sustainability Standards: What role for public procurement and trade policy? | UNCTAD, UNFSS and ITC
Who to follow on twitter
@GTP_Trade | Geneva Trade Platform
@IISD_news | International Institute for Sustainable Development
@ungreeneconomy | UNEP’s Green Economy Team
@globalsubsidies | Global Subsidies Initiative of IISD
@DavidJVivas1 | David Vivas, Legal Officer, UNCTAD