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The Remaking Trade for a Sustainable Future Project will be in Antalya, Türkiye for COP31. Join us for discussions on how trade policy can advance an inclusive, circular, and climate-aligned global economy.
If you will be in Antalya, we invite you to join us for the following conversations:
Wednesday, November 11 | 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Circularity Across Borders: Trade Rules for a Circular Climate Transition
Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone
In partnership with the University of Adelaide, TESS, CSIS, DFD Lab, and the European Union
As circular economy strategies become central to national climate plans, this panel brings together perspectives from Finland, the Indo-Pacific, and international trade policy experts to examine how trade policy can support, rather than hinder, circular value chains.
Thursday, November 12 | 3:00–3:45 p.m.
Trade Policy for an Inclusive Clean Energy Transition in the Indo-Pacific
Australia Pavilion, Blue Zone
In partnership with University of Adelaide, CSIS, DFD Lab, and the European Union
Watch the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@DCCEEW
This panel explores how trade policy can accelerate the clean energy transition and enable inclusive green industrialization, avoiding supply chain fragmentation and bridging gaps between developed and developing nations.
Friday, November 13 | 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Leveraging Trade Rules for Climate Action in an Era of Implementation
Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Remaking Trade Project
This session examines how the global trading system can effectively advance climate goals, highlighting practical policy innovations and opportunities for international cooperation while emphasizing developing country priorities.
Saturday, November 14 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
From Evidence to Parliamentary Action on Climate Change
Global Futures Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
This session, led by the perspective of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), will explore practical ways to bridge the gap between scientific evidence and parliamentary action, ensuring that climate knowledge informs political choices and long-term policymaking.
Monday, November 16 | 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
CBAM under test at WTO: A Global South discussion
Nigeria Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by the African Future Policies Hub and the Centre for Science and Environment
This session will bring together trade law and climate policy experts to discuss how the legal challenge at the WTO to the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) could affect African exporters, national readiness strategies, and the wider Global South.
Tuesday, November 17 | 4:15–5:15 p.m.
Critical for Whom? From Mineral Endowments to Investable Green Industry
Mediterranean Pavilion, Blue Zone
In partnership with the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) and Africa Trade Policy Working Group
This session examines how the global trading system can effectively advance climate goals, highlighting practical policy innovations and opportunities for international cooperation while emphasizing developing country priorities.