Trade Horizons Conference

Trade Horizons 2024, the Dept of Enterprise, Trade & Employment’s annual conference on global trade and business connections, will highlight how trade policy and climate action interact with one another, and how policymakers and businesses can work together to advance global prosperity, well-being and meaningful action on climate change and the drive for net zero carbon emissions. This urgent agenda will increasingly affect cross-border trade and investment and will challenge manufacturing and distribution systems as organisations grapple with the challenge of substantially lowering emissions embedded in traded goods and services.

“Trade serves as a powerful force multiplier for environmental policy action. A just transition to a low-carbon and resilient global economy is a prerequisite for better lives and livelihoods for people around the world.”

World Trade Organization Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Trade Policy Tools for Climate Action, WTO 2023