Policy Dialogue on Priorities for subregional cooperation for climate action and SDGs in South and South-West Asia

Dr. Paras Kharel, Executive Director, SAWTEE, presented on a "Policy Dialogue on Priorities for subregional cooperation for climate action and SDGs in South and South-West Asia", organized by ESCAP and the South and South-West Asia Network on the SDGs (SANS) on the sidelines of the 79th Session of ESCAP in Bangkok on 19 May 2023.  Dr. Kharel flagged the need for support to LDCs to gear their industrial and trade policies and strategies towards a green structural transformation; utilize existing LDC-specific climate funds; leverage aid for trade for climate finance; and improve understanding of emerging developments in carbon trade, carbon markets, carbon standards and carbon border adjustment mechanisms.