A. Introduction July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded on the planet, following on from the hottest year in 2020 which, itself, came after the hottest decade on record. Intense heatwaves,...
Developing countries are already suffering relative economic losses three times greater than high-income countries due to climate-related disasters. The second part of UNCTAD’s Trade and Development...
Productive transformation must be inclusive and sustainable to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid a “lost decade” of development. A high-level panel comprising leaders from...
RESUMEN EJECUTIVO Desde 2015, las migraciones han pasado a ocupar un lugar destacado en los programas de los gobiernos y socios para el desarrollo, tras su inclusión histórica en la Agenda 2030 para...
UNCTAD fosters South-South cooperation to build developing countries’ know-how on using satellite data to monitor crop conditions for better agricultural productivity. More developing countries are...
By David Bicchetti, Carlos Razo and Miho Shirotori Access to food should never be a luxury. It is a fundamental human right. Yet in 2020, 155 million people faced severe food insecurity. And the...
UN leaders, led by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, and experts meet to examine how new technologies can improve people’s daily lives as the world recovers from the COVID-19 crisis. UNCTAD...
Food security is at a critical juncture. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted food production, trade, logistics and value chains. Pandemic-induced lockdowns, travel bans and physical distancing...
ABSTRACT In 2018, the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) were adopted by the vast majority of UN Member States. During the...
The Review of Maritime Transport 2020 provides an update on the latest trends in maritime trade, supply, markets, key performance indicators, and legal and regulatory developments. It also includes a...