Impact of Sea-Level Rise on ports

What is WRONG with maritime trade?

English - December 19, 2022 09:09 - 55 minutes - 38.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Previous Episode: Closed-loop Supply Chains

In this Episode we will talk about vulnerability of infrastructure, notably ports, concerning risks of climate change. We discuss with Dr. Regina Asariotis, Chief, Policy and Legislation Section

Division on Technology and Logistics/TLB of UNCTAD, how big the impact of climate change is on the infrastructure and which steps should be considered to build sufficient resilience. The Episode was recorded in Summer 2022.

For further information about UNCTAD’s related work, see the links below

https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/policy-and-legislation/climate-change-and-maritime-transport

https://sidsport-climateadapt.unctad.org/

https://unctad.org/news/climate-change-impacts-seaports-growing-threat-sustainable-trade-and-development

https://unctad.org/webflyer/climate-resilience-seaports-adequate-finance-critical-developing-countries-remains-major