Foreword

The linkages between trade and environment are both complex and diverse. While trade has enabled the rapid development of technological advances to help governments achieve their environmental goals, the deployment of those innovations is not always financially accessible or produced at the scale needed to address urgent challenges. As a result, nations face persistent obstacles to tackling environmental degradation in allof its forms. From water pollution to the depletion of fish stocks, deforestation to biodiversity loss, and soil contamination to desertification, the path to a sustainable future often appears bleak.