India, March 24 -- The emerging trade-climate nexus risks deepening global inequities unless the Global South's development concerns are prioritised, a new agenda-setting brief by the Centre for Science and Environment and the African Future Policies Hub has highlighted.

Developing countries, constrained by commodity dependence and limited industrial capacity, face barriers to participating in the new, green economy. New trade-related climate measures may further restrict their competitiveness and policy space.

The brief calls for an equitable trade-climate agenda that safeguards policy space, supports green industrialisation, and enables a just, development-centred low-carbon transition for the Global South.

Intertwined agendas

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