The new climate finance goal agreed at COP29 (at least $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 for developing countries) cannot be achieved with the current broken international financial architecture (IFA). Current climate finance is too small, mostly debt-creating, fragmented, and…
Title: Trade: a catalyst for achieving the Paris Agreement Trade policy is one of the most powerful, yet underused, tools to accelerate the global transition to low-carbon economies, meet the Paris Agreement goals, and finance climate action, especially in developing…
“On the brink: Trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy” The world economy in 2025 stands at a critical juncture. A century after the Great Depression, rising tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and financial volatility are once again threatening global…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, A Decade of Global Support to Social Development (October 2025), provides a comprehensive review of global social development progress and challenges over the past decade (2015–2024). It highlights UNDP’s role in supporting countries…
The UNIDO report “Building a Sustainable and Inclusive Hydrogen Economy” outlines how low-emission hydrogen can drive global industrial decarbonization and economic transformation, particularly in developing economies. Aligned with the Paris Agreement and SDGs, the report stresses that hydrogen can reduce…
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued a warning about the escalating global tariff disruptions and their increasing impact on the world’s most vulnerable economies—the least developed countries (LDCs). Despite international efforts to double LDCs’ share…
The UNIDO Policy Brief No. 26, Resilient Global Supply Chains in Times of Escalating Trade Costs, highlights the growing challenges facing global trade and industrialization in an era of rising tariffs, sustainability regulations, and geopolitical shocks. Authored by experts from…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has released the Informal Cross-Border Trade (ICBT) Report for the fourth quarter of 2024, providing one of the most comprehensive analyses of trade flows occurring outside Ghana’s formal customs systems. Covering October to December 2024,…
According to UNCTAD’s Global Trade Update (October 2025), global trade continues to show remarkable resilience in the face of policy uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and shifting industrial strategies. The report reveals that global trade expanded by over US$500 billion in the…
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Annual Report 2025 reviews the organization’s activities in 2024 and early 2025, a period marked by resilience, reform, and new challenges in the global trading system. Key Highlights Outlook While the WTO marks its 30th…