IISD’s Trade + Sustainability Hub 2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, convened over 35 partners, 90 speakers, and 1,400 in-person and online registered participants from civil society, government, business, and international organizations for a series of conversations on how trade policy can evolve to meet today’s global challenges and deliver meaningful progress on sustainable development.
The event consisted of 21 sessions covering major policy issues at the intersection of trade and sustainability. Recordings of sessions are available to watch below:
Friday, March 27, 2026
Opening Plenary How should the global trade system deliver for development?
Session 3. Digital Trade for Economic Transformation and Inclusive Growth
Session 6. Small-Scale producers and international trade: what role for a re-imagined Agreement on Agriculture?
Session 9. Driving Decarbonization for Development: The role of industrial policy and regional trade agreements
Session 2. The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: Next steps for socio-economic and environmental progress
Session 5. Tech, Trust, Trade: Scaling digital systems for SME growth in Africa
Session 8. Advancing the Global SME Ministerial Process: Vision for a new political space in trade
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Session 11. Towards Action on Climate and Trade
Session 14. The EU Deforestation Regulation: Implications for African agricultural exports and equitable market access
Session 16. Transforming Agriculture and Fisheries through Innovation and Trade
Session 18. Unlocking SME Capacity to Accelerate African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Development Gains
Session 20. Reimagining Global Trade Governance for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future
Session 13. Shaping the Green Transition: Trade and industrial policy in the developing world
Session 15. Cross-Sectoral Learning for Industrial Decarbonization: Building Türkiye’s low-carbon ecosystem
Session 17. Greenhouse Gas Co-dependency: International cooperation to track embedded emissions in trade
Session 19. Making Trade Policy Work for an Equitable Green Transition: Strengthening cooperation and inclusivity
Session 21. Trade as a Driver of Economic Transformation in Africa: Manufacturing, services and investment