Andrew Aziz

Just Released! Sustainable Development and the WTO Reform Agenda: A Call to Action for Ministers at MC14 In the lead up to the @wto’s 14th Ministerial Conference #WTOMC14, TESS is pleased to circulate this message to trade ministers on behalf of a diverse group of leading stakeholders from business, civil society, and research communities. The call is clear: Ministers should seize MC14 as a critical opportunity to put #sustainabledevelopment firmly at the heart of ongoing WTO reform discussions. 🔗 Read the Statement: bit.ly/3Pp066O @AFPHAfrica @BfNCoalition @CitdGeorgetown @cpdbd1993 @bdplatform4sdgs @ConservationOrg @CUTS_Inter @e3g @IIED @IISD_News @ODI_Global @remakingtrade @tradenif @TradeLawCentre @WMBtweets @WWF @NOIweala @PetterOlberg @Matthewbarbados

NEW PUBLICATION: Ten years after the Paris Agreement, it’s clear: we can’t address the climate crisis without trade and trade policies aligned with Paris goals. At COP30, trade issues moved to the centre of climate negotiations. Our new TESS compilation brings together dozens of expert views on real policy pathways & practical solutions. 🎧 Hear a short summary from series editor @FabriceLehmann. 🔗 Full report: tessforum.org/latest/address… #ParisAgreement10 #ClimateAction #TradeAndClimate #ClimatePolicy #COP30 Featuring contributions from @AMB_A_Mohammed, @GhoshArunabha, @WWF, @OECD @IISD_ELP @IBarsauskaite @SimonEvenett and others.

A remarkable economic policy shift is underway and not many people are talking about it...

As #GreenIndustrialPolicy becomes increasingly commonplace, experts are helping provide clarity. @AliceTipping @IBarsauskaite @ClaraBrandi Poppy Winanti @UGMYogyakarta David Laborde @FAOSocioEcon @SimonEvenett @isabelle @ir_ramdoo @Ratnakaradi Petros Mavroidis @ColumbiaLaw

As the global economy undergoes a profound green transformation, an important policy revolution is underway. 🌍 In our new deep dive, we brought experts together to better understand the obstacles standing in the way and to identify possible solutions: bit.ly/4n2nPFL

📢 We’re excited to join this year’s #GenevaTradeWeek and the #WTOPublicForum! We’ll be diving into key #Trade and #Sustainability issues and connecting with leaders across business, government, and civil society. 👀 Learn more and see where to find us: iisd.org/inside-wto-pub…

🚨 #FfD4 is a rare chance to redefine how trade policy can help finance development—and to commit to concrete, actionable steps toward a more inclusive, sustainable, and equitable trading system. @AliceTipping lays out 3️⃣ ways how ➡️ iisd.org/articles/insig… ht

📣 Breaking: it just became harder for fossil fuel companies to challenge the UK’s climate policies. UK’s exit from the #EnergyCharterTreaty (#ECT) comes into effect today—1 year after its written notification of withdrawal was received by the ECT depositary.

Biodiversity is🔑to sustaining human life, yet remains underfunded. To reach restoration targets,@UNEP estimates suggest finance flows need to 4x by 2030 to USD 296 billion from 2022 levels Here's how biodiversity credits can help➡️iisd.org/articles/deep-… via @IISD_news

@transcriptors @AudiogradeUK @TheSpeakerShack Any chance you’ll be producing replacement sweep arms for the hydraulic reference?

➡️ The new @EU_Commission must protect Europe’s⚡#energytransition, through tackling #EnergyCharterTreaty’s ‘sunset clause’. This can be done with binding neutralizing deals—both within and with the UK. @IISD_news' @LSchaugg in @Euractiv 👇 euractiv.com/section/eet/op…

Looking towards #INC5, I'm working to help ensure policymakers establish a #plasticpollution instrument that is as effective as possible. That means thinking through and addressing #trade impacts BEFORE they happen. #WTO

As this year’s @wto #TradeAndEnvironment Week coincides with the homestretch of negotiations on the first global plastics treaty, the trade implications are frequent topics of discussion. 🔷 How will the treaty be structured? 🔷 What are the next steps? iisd.org/articles/expla…

Friday funday 🤩 and @IISD_ELP @TristanIrschli @accaziz and I have a new #trade+#plastic report out! 🪅 🥳 iisd.org/publications/r… Let me unpack it! 🧵 #roadtobusan #INC5 #plasticpollutiontradesolutions

🚢Plastic exports comprise 5% of all global trade. Trade policy can play a significant role in tackling plastic. @IBarsauskaite and @TristanIrschli show how governments can learn from existing policies to fight #plasticpollution: bit.ly/4cLwnf4 bit.ly/3xJgPbU

@ThisIsStatius Good to know. Heading there tomorrow. Seems like rumours is the only way this intel is travelling. Maybe the webcam is helpful? tunnelmb.net/it-IT/webcam

For info #GoogleMaps is useless for #MontBlancTunnel wait times. I've checked all day, always 20-30 mins, so after 3 hrs we're still 30 mins away - the MBT app' only seems to give 'forecast' estimates and not real time info'. Does anyone know of a source of real time info?

Nature is fundamental to human survival, but it is being destroyed at catastrophic rates. To stop and reverse nature loss by 2030, leaders must take bold actions #ForNature as they gather in Montreal for @UNBiodiversity #COP15. Live updates here: bit.ly/3FwVKTx

We can’t just throw up our hands and say we failed before we have even really tried. We must try, because every fraction of a degree matters: to vulnerable communities, to species & ecosystems, and to every one of us. #EmissionsGap unep.org/news-and-stori…

#RDC🇨🇩: Kinshasa, commune de Ngaba après la pluie.

Join the IISD team! Two positions open on trade and climate policy - Canadian and international work including border carbon adjustment, industrial decarbonization: iisd.bamboohr.com/careers/480 iisd.bamboohr.com/careers/482