As governments around the world are increasingly working on sustainability, the freight industry has been facing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint. However, many companies are not ready to invest in transitioning to green freight transport. What is green freight? What are the benefits of green freight? What are the challenges companies are experiencing in […]
Key Highlights Plastic pollution is a real issue due to global patterns of plastic production and consumption. Global trade can help reduce plastic pollution via trading agreements that support responsible plastic flows and circularity. A summit in Uruguay discussed establishing an internationally binding treaty on plastic pollution for the first time for delivery by 2024. […]
The EU has been progressing towards creating a transition from the traditional usage of fossil fuels to alternative and clean energy. The efforts come, especially from the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine crisis that started in February 2022. Imports for clean and alternative energy in the EU were registered to be slightly higher than exports. A […]
It has been a tough year for international coal markets in the first half of 2022. On 1st January, Indonesia banned coal exports to protect supplies for its power stations. The month-long measure by the world’s biggest coal exporter injected volatility into the global coal market, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine really set prices of […]
The Russia-Ukraine war has started to bring changes in the ESG investment process and supply chain of commodities. The investment processes in concern with ESG factors and requirements seem to take turns. This has resulted in a probable dismantling of the Russian economy, with factors aligning mainly against Russia. While this brings speculations over the […]
Solar panels or photovoltaic cells are increasingly finding their way into the mainstream energy generation methodologies. Solar cell trade between countries is increasingly growing and countries such as the US, China, and India are making headlong progress, inviting headlines. Imports and exports of solar cells increased in 2022 in a few countries compared to 2020. […]
Four European Union (EU) countries – Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands jointly set an offshore wind target of at least 65 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. That figure is intended to get more than double to 150 GW by 2050. According to the Global Wind Energy Council, these four countries were having 35.3 GW of […]
In the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, the imports-reliant European country, Italy, will import gas from Qatar, which sounds like a ‘short-term solution’ to analysts. Russia’s gas imports account for nearly 40% of Italy’s total imports, as per global trade statistics 2021. However, the decision taken by Italy is deemed to be a temporary relief […]
Carbon emissions from importing and exporting activities in global trade are a common scenario. Many countries face this due to changes in the social and economic factors of a country. With the rise in these factors and global trade, the likelihood of carbon emissions also increases. India’s carbon emissions released from international trade increased in […]
Brazil could be hurled to being the world’s biggest producer and exporter of soybeans. The rapid expansion of soybean farming in Brazil is likely to destruct the Cerrado savanna. According to our database, Brazil is the world’s top soybean exporter, accounting for over 40% of total soybean exports. In 2021, soybean shipments worth US$38,638 million […]
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