  05 May - Climate experts, economists, and government officials discussed at a three-day UNCTAD meeting at the end of April how to expand participation by developing countries in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the international programme designed to create a market system for reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
 19 February 09 - Over 80% of world trade is carried in seaborne vessels and — while their engines now contribute between 1.6 and 4.1% of global carbon dioxide emissions — their emissions may triple by 2050, said experts at a three-day UNCTAD meeting.
 04 February 09 - The meeting will address trade and investment opportunities and challenges under the Clean Development Mechanismis (CDM), how this mechanism functions and how its contribution to sustainable development in developing countries might be enhanced.
 6 September 07 - UNCTAD has unveiled a Carbon Neutral Initiative, making UNCTAD one of the first members of the UN family to respond to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon´s call for efforts to make the United Nations climate-neutral.
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Concerns about climate change have placed this threat to development prospects high on the international agenda, particularly in terms of its economic, trade and social impacts. UNCTAD´s main role in addressing this global challenge is to help developing countries master the trade and development implications and take advantage of emerging trade and investment opportunities.
