Carolyn Deere Birkbeck

🌿 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

🌿 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

🌿 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

🌍 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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🌍 New TESS Publication Series on Trade, Climate, and Net Zero Pathways

TESS at the WTO Public Forum and Geneva Trade Week 2025

🌍 Join us at the WTO Public Forum (17–18 Sep) & Geneva Trade Week (15–18 Sep), where TESS will be organizing and participating in a range of events on trade and sustainability!

📑 Full programme details, including registration information, are available on our website:
tessforum.org/latest/tess-...

🌍 TESS at Geneva Trade Week, Opening Plenary

On Monday 15 September, TESS will open #GenevaTradeWeek 2025 with the plenary:
Taking the Pulse on the Trade and Sustainability Agenda: Where to Next for International Cooperation?

📖 Event details: bit.ly/466NrtO

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4nkzwan

🌱 TESS at Geneva Trade Week, Expert Roundtable on Agriculture & Trade

On Monday 15 September, TESS will convene the expert roundtable:
Fostering Opportunities for Cooperation on Sustainable Agriculture and Trade: So, How Do We Get There?

📖 Event details: bit.ly/4mi8Lmo

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4m9n8cC

♻️ TESS at Geneva Trade Week, Expert Roundtable on Circular Economy (16/09)

TESS, UNCTAD, WEF, Circular Innovation Lab, & the Ellen MacArthur Foundation are convening a session on key aspects of the trade & circular economy interface.

📖 Event details: bit.ly/4gfBYgj

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3HS8zvX

TESS - Launch Event: Announcing The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics

📢 Launch of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics

On August 4, a new report will offer an up-to-date assessment of the links between health and plastic pollution.

Find out more and register ⤵️ tessforum.org/latest/launc...

TESS - Quarterly Update Issue 12

🗣️ It presents a brief round-up of recent and upcoming major international gatherings in which we are engaged. 🌍

🕮 Read the full update here👉 bit.ly/44d14Ii

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Pleased to share the 12th edition of the TESS Quarterly Update! 🌍✨

☀️The update provides a brief review of some key activities that TESS has pursued over the past months to help connect the dots & foster inclusive cooperation at the nexus of trade, environment, & sustainable development. 🌱

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📅 2 July
🕟 11:45
📍 WTO, Room D & Online

For more on the session: bit.ly/4lt4GLR

For the full #TradeandEnvironment program: t.co/fxzz5yzRNu

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Join us today at @wto.org #TradeandEnvironment for a session organized by Barbados, Chad & Pakistan with the cooperation of @tessforum.bsky.social to hear from a range of developing countries on “Trade, Climate Resilience and Development”.

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TESS - Trade, Climate Resilience and Development

📅 2 July
🕟 11:45
📍 WTO, Room D & Online

For more on the session: bit.ly/4lt4GLR

For the full #TradeandEnvironment program: t.co/fxzz5yzRNu

Join us during @wto.org #TradeandEnvironment week to hear from a range of developing countries on “Trade, Climate Resilience and Development” at a session organized by Barbados, Chad & Pakistan with the cooperation of
@tessforum.bsky.social
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📅 1 July
🕟 13:30
📍 WTO, Room D & Online

For more on the session: chk.me/VreI51Y

For the full program: t.co/fxzz5yzRNu

Join us during @wto.org #TradeandEnvironment week where @tessforum.bsky.social Head of Policy Analysis & Strategy, Christophe Bellmann, will be moderating a session on “Pathways to Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform” at a session organized by New Zealand, #FFSR Coordinator.

📅 30 June
🕟 16:30
📍 WTO, Room D & Online

For more on the session: chk.me/Qf2PJ1E

For the full program: t.co/fxzz5yzRNu

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Join us today, during @wto.org #TradeandEnvironment week where I will be speaking on “Trade’s role in meeting our climate ambitions” at a session organized by Australia & the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.

📅 30 June
🕟 16:30
📍 WTO, Room D & Online

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TESS - Identifying Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies at the International Level

We hope that dialogue around the findings of the report can serve as a basis to promote possible cooperative action in this area.

Download the report 👉 bit.ly/445GCrw

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➡️ provides options for collaborative approaches to address them including in the @wto.org, @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, FAO, @unep.org, and World Bank and in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

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➡️ suggests possible approaches & pathways to building shared understandings of what could be defined as environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies.

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➡️reviews the current state of knowledge on agricultural subsidies & their impacts on the environment & discusses trade-offs across different policy objectives.

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📣 Delighted to announce the release of a new report on environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies by an expert group convened by @tessforum.bsky.social.

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Alongside the World Health Assembly, we were delighted to work with great partners to co-host a side event on human health as a central issue for the plastics treaty.

I invite you to watch a short video: bit.ly/454sjFM

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As we approach the final negotiations to conclude a plastics treaty in August, TESS has been working with a range of experts and stakeholders to highlight the importance of the protection of human health as part of the treaty objectives.

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🌐 Join us at the International Environment House with a diverse array of organisations & great speakers committed to collective solutions to #BeatPlasticPollution.

📅 5 June 2025

Register now 👉 bit.ly/43ck0q6 🔗 Learn more about our work on plastics & plastic pollution: bit.ly/3Smm4Wo

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I will share thoughts on what is needed to secure an effective #plastics treaty in Geneva this August and on how work across International Geneva and the multilateral system is helping to support global efforts to end plastic pollution.

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