Speakers

Carolyn Deere Birkbeck

Founder and Executive Director, Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS)

David Unterhalter

Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa; Professor of Law, University of Cape Town

Amina Mohamed

Chairperson, Trade Negotiations and Investment Forum, former Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Kenya

Arunabha Ghosh

Chief Executive Officer, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Yuvan A. Beejadhur

Senior Adviser to the Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Elisa Tonda

Chief, Resources and Markets Branch, Industry and Economy Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Thomas Hale

Professor of Global Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Daudi Sumba

Chief Conservation Officer, WWF International

About this session

This panel will review recent developments at the nexus of trade, climate change, and sustainable development, and highlight the most pressing trade-related opportunities and challenges relevant to advancing climate ambition and climate-resilient development. 

Reflecting on the current geopolitical context, we invite speakers to identify opportunities and pathways for trade cooperation to make a rapid and significant difference in responding to the climate crisis, and the concrete outcomes that could be envisaged.

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TCSD 2025 combines a number of live-cast public panels with a series of closed thematic brainstorming sessions and lunchtime dives, designed to deepen dialogue and generate ideas for practical outcomes, collaborations, and pathways forward.

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