On 4 December 2023 (9:40 - 10:30 Gulf Standard Time (GST) (GMT+4) 0:40 - 1:30 New York (EST) (GMT-5)), UNCTAD and the COP28 Presidency hosted an event titled Critical Minerals, the Energy Transition and the Role of Trade.
The session will address how trade policy and the multilateral system can facilitate an enabling international trade and investment environment that will help to secure energy transition-related value chains while increasing mineral-rich countries' benefits by fostering 'on-site' value addition and, thereby, creating socio-economic development opportunities.