Climate change - RSS Feed

Reducing carbon emissions in the UN system: voluntary or mandatory measures?

04/01/2013 03:03:43 AM

Scientists agree that that climate change is 'unequivocal' and induced by man’s activity. The UN's Environment Programme reported in November 2012 that greenhouse gases are 14% above where they need to be in 2020 for temperature rises to remain below...

Climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Kenyan tea sector

03/08/2012 07:27:14 AM

ITC has recently partnered up with the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP), Rainforest Alliance and FLO-CERT to support smallholder tea farmers to both adapt to and mitigate the climate change impacts associated with their supply chains.

Market based instruments to address climate change

12/07/2012 11:03:04 AM

Professor Stavins of Harvard spoke at ITC today as he was attending a GTAP conference, ITC was co-hosting with the WTO and UNCTAD. For an hour, he spoke about climate change policy as well as touching on trade issues.

Women and young people accelerate sustainable development

02/07/2012 08:36:41 AM

This year’s International Year of Sustainable Energy for All and the 20-year anniversary of the Earth Summit, Rio+20, provide an opportunity to break down barriers and engage in creative problem solving. New technologies fuel innovative collaboration...

ITC's Rio+20 events put spotlight on green opportunities

22/06/2012 06:23:16 AM

This month, as a part of the Rio+20 Conference, ITC’s trade and environment team held a series of events, focused on identifying concrete ways that developing country exporters can benefit from the transition to a green economy.

Events focus on trade and the green economy

14/06/2012 05:14:26 AM

WHO: The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the UN and WTO, is hosting side-events within Rio+20 which focus on trade opportunities in the green economy. WHY:There are new and innovative opportunities in trade for sustainable development...

Brazil’s catadores to voice their views at RIO+20

12/06/2012 05:09:19 AM

There are more than 500,000 garbage collectors — or catadores — in Brazil who are grouped under the AnCat association and make their living from recycling what others throw away. To ensure that their role in creating a sustainable society gets the attention...

Trade and Climate Change Projects

04/04/2012 10:22:46 AM

In East Africa, ITC is working with the tea, fruit and vegetable sectors with the overall objective to strengthen the capacity of agricultural exporters to deal with carbon standards, mitigate GHG emissions and access adaptation financing.

Trade and Climate Change

04/04/2012 08:58:19 AM

The objective of ITC's programme on carbon is to assist SMEs and TSIs in developing countries to understand new requirements on carbon product standards and to work with them to mitigate carbon emissions in line with market requirements.

Sustainable results prove the power of inclusion

30/03/2012 05:32:39 AM

Export opportunities in global markets can spur growth and create jobs, but these opportunities are only sustainable if consideration is given to the environmental and social dimensions of trade development and the relationship between these and competitiveness....

Green Growth: an imperative of economic development

30/03/2012 05:27:16 AM

As the world recovers from the economic downturn that followed the 2008 financial crisis, it has become clear that industrial development models created in the past are increasingly unsustainable, both economically and environmentally. Economic progress...

Environmental policy contributing to poverty eradication

30/03/2012 05:18:37 AM

When countries convene at this year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, both the venue, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and the overall objective of the conference, sustainable development, will be the same as 20 years ago at the...

Cotton and Climate Change

28/03/2012 08:40:17 AM

In June 2011, TEP published a new technical paper on the impact of climate change on cotton production and options to mitigate and adapt. The paper is available online in English, French and Spanish.

Product Carbon Footprinting - How to Guide

28/03/2012 06:10:09 AM

ITC has published a new technical paper on Product Carbon Footprinting Standards in the Agri-Food Sector. The paper aims to guide exporters of agricultural products through the process of product carbon footprinting (PCF) so as to make it easier for them to understand the processes involved, imporve their environmental performance and ultimately reduce the costs for their business.

Workshop on Carbon and Water Standards for Trade in Agricultural Products in Kenya

27/03/2012 09:23:36 AM

In December 2011, ITC in collaboration with COLEACP-PIP and the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) held a multi-stakeholder workshop on carbon and water management in agricultural exports from East Africa.

Agri-environment as a market opportunity

28/09/2011 08:37:57 AM

Through its Trade, Climate Change and Environment Programme (TCCEP), ITC is strengthening the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and trade support institutions (TSIs) in agri-environmental sectors in developing countries....

Water Smart: The role of water and technology in food security

28/09/2011 04:29:40 AM

The recent drought-related famine in East Africa has put the focus on the need to make smarter use of existing water resources and, where possible, make more water available for food production. Smart water management technologies will provide the...

Growing pains: The influence of climate change on agriculture

27/09/2011 11:16:58 AM

As a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture is both a contributor to climate change and a potential casualty. Resolving the tension between meeting food security needs whilst also reducing emissions presents a major development challenge....

News Brief

27/09/2011 09:41:04 AM

Agricultural production in Sierra Leone strengthened by the World Bank The World Bank recently announced that it would provide US$ 42 million worth of grants funding to support agricultural development in Sierra Leone. The funding, a joint agreement...

Food Security, Agriculture & Trade Development

27/09/2011 09:27:14 AM

Somalia is facing one of the worst food crises the world has seen in 60 years. The scale of the humanitarian disaster provides an ominous backdrop to this issue of International Trade Forum as we focus on food security, agriculture and trade development....

Supporting Peru natural product exporters enter U.S. market

27/09/2011 05:17:18 AM

Peru's exports to the United States of natural products, such as herbal remedies and cosmetics, may be flourishing, but exporters need to be more aware of import rules and sales‟ regulations to take full advantage of the huge potential of the U.S. market. Despite...

Tourism & travel in the green economy

27/07/2011 08:13:40 AM

The rapidly evolving green growth paradigm shift that all nations are embracing at a policy level, with the buy-in of industry and civil society, provides an unparalleled opportunity to leverage the massive socio-economic power of travelism...

Climate Change and The Coffee Industry

28/04/2011 10:09:40 AM

Climate Change and The Coffee Industry Available in English, French and Spanish. This technical paper focuses on the effect of climate change on global coffee production, with particular reference to small coffee producers in developing and least developed countries. It highlights the possible effects of cli

New website compares voluntary sustainability standards

16/03/2011 04:03:11 PM

Exporters, producers and retailers can now compare dozens of different voluntary standards in one place. ITC's new Standards Map website (www.standardsmap.org) is the first comprehensive database on voluntary standards such as Fairtrade, Forest Stewardship Council, Marine Stewardship Council, GlobalG.A.P. and others....

Global standards: Sweeten sugar for buyers

24/02/2011 06:41:39 PM

With biofuels becoming more prominent on the global market, production is being expanded in Brazil, Asia and Africa. This expansion has environmental groups concerned that sugar cane's environmental impact outweighs the economic and social benefits.

L'ITC et l'ISO lancent un manuel sur les systèmes de gestion de l'environnement (en)

26/01/2011 08:04:49 AM

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) have released a new handbook and CD to make it easier for organizations to understand and implement an environmental management system (EMS)...

Developing Countries Urged to Focus on the Value of Exports Rather Than Volume

10/01/2011 11:49:48 AM

Focusing on the value of exports rather than simply their volume is a key means for developing countries to survive and prosper in times of economic crisis, said Patricia R. Francis, ITC's Executive Director...

Ethical Fashion - Strengthening the Fair Labour and Environmental Approach

07/12/2010 12:00:12 PM

Ethical Fashion - Strengthening the Fair Labour and Environmental Approach 2010-04-01 2010-10-27 one I949 true

Trade, climate change and environment programme

06/12/2010 12:02:40 PM

Trade, climate change and environment programme 2010-01-01 2013-04-30 one 1915 true

Helping East African exporters meet carbon retail standards

29/11/2010 11:44:22 AM

More than 40 representatives of the agro-food and flower sectors in East Africa will meet in Nairobi next month to discuss how to manage new carbon retail standards...

New business guides – trade competitiveness for small firms

29/11/2010 10:50:23 AM

ITC is releasing nine new business guides for entrepreneurs and trade support institutions in developing countries, as part of its package of programmes that enable businesses to boost export competitiveness. The guides now free online, cover...