TCSD 2026 will focus on pathways for cooperation on climate action, resilience, and justice. Thematic sessions will cover a range of specific and critical topics for attention at the nexus of trade, climate, and sustainable development.

TCSD 2026 will feature hybrid public panels complemented by thematic brainstorming and interactive sessions to deepen dialogue and generate practical ideas for concrete outcomes, collaboration, and ways forward.

The conference will bring together a regionally diverse range of experts from research centres, think tanks, and academia, as well as stakeholder organizations, intergovernmental organizations, and government.

Participation is by invitation only and TCSD 2026 is intended to be an in-person gathering. However, online participation in live-cast public panels will be open to all and there will be opportunities for hybrid participation in thematic sessions.