Sustainability Accelerator

Integrating nature-based solutions into the forest bioeconomy can help address the funding gap for these activities by tapping into existing flows of sustainable finance.

Urgent action is needed to evolve efforts to address climate change and the degradation of nature.

How should societies rethink their cities to meet future challenges and make urban life better for all?

Short animation explaining a new investor framework specifically for understanding the risks and returns of nature-based investments.

Internships provide learning opportunities about shaping policy, influencing debate and creating real change.

£1000 grants are available for innovative and engaging ideas to deliver a fair and sustainable future.

Exploring future trade policy through issues such as the green transition, labour standards, human rights, the role of the WTO, and non-trade policy objectives.

The pandemic could be a warning from a future that poses an unprecedented challenge to the leaders of tomorrow.

The international community must partner effectively with Brazilian stakeholders to conserve the Amazonian forest and foster sustainable economic development.

Interns will gain invaluable, practical learning opportunities about shaping policy, influencing debate and creating real change.

The Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator puts sustainability at the core of the institute’s work in this critical year for addressing climate change and biodiversity.

Higher stakes make it more important than ever to safeguard the integrity of sustainability commitments, and ensure high quality in delivery and implementation.

For the open global economy to survive, the losers from technological change and trade must be fairly compensated.

As the evolution of climate policy sees carbon-neutral targets and climate taxes going more mainstream, the trade regime is being put under increasing pressure.

Laura Wellesley and Ana Yang explain why a healthy diet will lead to a healthy planet.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought food security and food imports to the forefront again. Some fear that the crisis could quickly strain global food supply chains as countries adopt new trade restrictions to avoid domestic food shortages.

COVID-19 is a sharp reminder of why trade policy matters. As the UK works to forge new trade deals, it must align its trade policy agenda with its climate ambition.

Agricultural subsidies shape production and consumption patterns, with potentially significant effects on poverty, nutrition and other sustainability concerns. This paper maps the different types of support provided by governments to the agricultural sector, and highlights some of the complex political economy dynamics that underpin the relevant policies.

This paper explores a set of core trade-related issues affecting the food and land use system, and proposes constructive ways forward in reconfiguring the global trading system towards delivering a more sustainable and healthy diet for all.

Indonesia has an uncommon chance to bypass the negative trajectory of diets in other emerging economies and build a healthy and sustainable food system.