UN Trade & Development BioTrade Initiative

🌱Advancing sustainable trade & biodiversity conservation on VSS 🌱 👉 This week on 7, 8, and 10 January 2025, leading experts will come together for a series of virtual roundtables on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS). The sessions will focus on vital discussions around sustainable trade and biodiversity conservation.   🎯 Co-organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (UN Trade & Development BioTrade Initiative, The United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS)) and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, the topics of discussions are: ·    Current approaches of VSS to #biodiversity conservation. ·    How VSS can effectively contribute to biodiversity conservation. ·     Challenges and opportunities faced by low-income countries and SMEs; ·      Aligning with Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and #SDGs ·      Emerging regulations related to VSS   Stay tuned for insights and developments. Learn more at👉🏽 bit.ly/UNCTAD-BioTrade #SustainableTrade #BiodiversityConservation

2024: A Year of Impact for the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) BioTrade Initiative   This year, we reached key milestones—from the 7th BioTrade Congress to the first ever Trade Day at UN Biodiversity #COP16, which brought together over 400 participants from 50 countries.  🌿We proudly organised 15 events,   👉🏼In collaboration with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Statistics Service, we hosted four meetings of the Informal Working Group on Trade and Biodiversity Statistics bringing together 85 experts from 50 institutions and 18 member States.    👋🏼A special thank you to our partners for supporting governments, businesses and civil society in integrating #sustainability, empowering women, rural and local communities, and conserving biodiversity through #BioTrade.    Here’s to a successful 2025 as we continue building a sustainable and resilient future together!    #BioTrade #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Impact   

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has launched its Data Hub – the primary source for data-driven analysis to support development.   A flagship feature of the site is its Data Insights. It provides timely analysis aligned with the latest #UNCTADstat statistics.   Organized around six key themes – international trade, economy and finance, maritime transport, environment, digital economy and technology, population and inclusiveness – Data Insights presents concise summaries that highlight trends, patterns and changes in trade and development.   Each insight includes interactive visualizations and brief analysis, designed for clarity and engagement. ▶️ https://ow.ly/B9Fe50TXhU9 📊 https://lnkd.in/eZRXa-9E 📈 UNCTAD Statistics

As 2024 comes to an end, we extend our best wishes for a bright and rewarding new year. May it bring renewed energy, continued growth, and shared achievements on our work to achieve a truly sustainable and resilient global #oceaneconomy that benefits all. 📣 In 2025, the 5th UN Ocean Forum is upon us once again. REGISTER NOW: 🔗 https://bit.ly/UNOF5_2025 📍 Salle XIX, Palais des Nations (Geneva, Switzerland) 🗓️ 3-5 March 2025 David Vivas Eugui, Maria Durleva, Ludovic Arnaud, Elizabeth D.

#DYK what is nature based solutions and how can it help with diverse global challenges?🌍 Check it out at: https://lnkd.in/gnSefURw via IUCN

Today, I had the honour of launching the collaboration between UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Latin America and the Caribbean on sustainable and inclusive coffee value chains.   Sustainable coffee provides income for millions of people in rural communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, while being compatible with #biodiversity and #environmental preservation. In countries like Lao PDR, where agriculture represents 16.1% of GDP and employs over two-thirds of its workforce, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will begin a technical cooperation project on coffee next year.   Important challenges persist in coffee production: - Smallholder farmers, the backbone of the coffee industry, face low and volatile incomes and insufficient input access. - #Women farmers often encounter additional barriers that limit their potential. - Increasing market demands for #traceability and #deforestation-free coffee require adaptation and innovation. To address these challenges, our organizations are partnering to promote: ✅ Economic sustainability by empowering producers with access to resources and opportunities. ✅ Environmental sustainability by supporting biodiversity and alignment with the 2030 Agenda. ✅ Social inclusiveness by ensuring gender equality and fair access across the value chain. Through donor-funded capacity-building, policy dialogue,s, and strategic partnerships, we are committed to making coffee value chains more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive.   This is just the beginning. Let’s keep the momentum going! #Sustainability #Coffee UNCTAD Trade  

#Climate change is intensifying the pressures on Irish biodiversity, from habitat loss and pollution to invasive species. Degraded habitats are less resilient to these challenges, reducing their ability to provide the critical ecosystem services we depend on. Species are already showing changes, such as earlier migration and breeding patterns, but the combined stresses of climate change and other threats make adaptation a significant challenge. The DLR County Biodiversity Action Plan (2021-2025) is a step forward, integrating strategies to address these climate impacts while safeguarding biodiversity. Read more from Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council: https://lnkd.in/gsyHkyyp #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Sustainability

Today UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) joins the celebration of the 2nd anniversary of the UN Biodiversity Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (#KMGBF).   Let us use this opportunity to take note of some interesting facts demonstrating how #trade can promote implementation of the #KMGBF goals and targets and achieve the vision of living in harmony with Nature.   #DYK that      👉🏼 11 out of the 23 #KMGBF targets have indicators with linkages to trade   🔎 Sustainable trade can be part of the solution to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and support the #KMGBF    📈 Biodiversity-based products trade accounting for 17% of global trade – valued at $3.7 trillion - and contributing approximately 7% the world’s GDP    ✔ The TraBio statistical tool and the BioTrade Principles and Criteria could help member States and define their national targets when developing National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans in the framework of UN Biodiversity #KMGBF  👉🏼 #BioTrade Principles and Criteria are directly relevant to 9 out of the 23 #KMGBF Targets and to Goal B  👩🏾🤝🧑🏼 #BioTrade can create income for people and communities - particularly in biodiversity-rich areas, motivating them to conserve and wisely use biodiversity, guaranteeing their source of livelihood      👁 For further details on TraBio visit the relevant UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) webpage: https://shorturl.at/Y33Nk     📖Learn more about the BioTrade Principles and Criteria: https://shorturl.at/J3TJY     🎇Recently at #COP16Colombia UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) organized the first ever #TradeDay to showcase how #Trade can support #KMGBF implementation. Learn more here:  https://bit.ly/3ZpCvWr       

As we mark 2 years of the #KMGBF, it’s time to celebrate progress and accelerate action! 🌿 With COP16 resuming in 2025, Parties can act now in 3 key areas to advance biodiversity goals. Let’s keep building #PeaceWithNature! 🌍 More ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dXfaFXs7

🐡‼️ I am thrilled to share UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s latest technical note, offering the first ever mapping of ocean-related measures in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). 🌊 Oceans are critical to SIDS - not only as key economic drivers through fisheries, tourism and trade, but also as vital buffers against the devastating impacts of climate change. These countries face disproportionate risks from rising sea levels, extreme weather and ocean degradation, which threaten their livelihoods, ecosystems and even their survival. 🐠 This publication is unique in directly responding to UNCTAD’s action on climate and the SIDS Strategy under the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda (ABBAs). It follows on from UNFCCC COP29 and serves as a key resource as we prepare for the 5th Ocean Forum next year. 🌍 The analysis of 606 ocean measures submitted by SIDS shows a strong focus on adaptation and resilience. However, it also highlights the urgent need for global support - financial, technical and trade-related - to help these nations achieve their ambitious climate goals while protecting their oceans and economies. Read the full report here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_ceUwcg LUZ MARIA de la Mora Chantal Line Carpentier Federico Manto Jan Yves Remy Diana Barrowclough Maria Durleva Claudia Contreras Malick KANE Samantha Kiernan Hasan Abdullayev Elizabeth D. Henrique Pacini Rémi Lang UNCTAD Ocean Economy and Fisheries FAO UNFCCC UN United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of The Sea (UNDOALOS) Représentation permanente de la France auprès de l'ONU à Genève Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) The Commonwealth Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) #SIDS #SustainableDevelopment #OceanEconomy #UNCTAD #COP29 #OceanForum2025 #ClimateActionIsOceanAction