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UNCTAD stresses climate impacts of trade

UNCTAD began a weeklong forum examining ways to solve the climate crisis, particularly sea level rise and other risks to small island nations.

Student activists on a climate strike in the Swiss capital Bern
Student activists on a climate strike in the Swiss capital Bern (AN/J. Heilprin)

GENEVA (AN) — The main U.N. body dealing with trade, investment and development issues began a weeklong forum on Monday examining ways to solve the climate crisis, particularly sea level rise and other risks to small island nations.

"I speak to you as a prime minister and as a human. I'm here to tell you that the small island developing states need your help," Saint Lucia's prime minister, Allen Chastanet, told the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's forum.

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