Facundo Calvo
@fcalvo.bsky.social
Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture @iisd.org @economies.iisd.org. Writing on trade policy and agriculture and sustainable trade in food and agriculture.
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🧠 #WTOReform is top of mind for multilateral #trade policy-makers. But in a multipolar world, reform is no easy task.
🆕 In a new article, @alicetipping.bsky.social explores how the @wto.org system has evolved & why reform is a chance to rethink #GlobalTrade rules.
🔗 bit.ly/4hAQG24
🆕 In a new article, @alicetipping.bsky.social explores how the @wto.org system has evolved & why reform is a chance to rethink #GlobalTrade rules.
🔗 bit.ly/4hAQG24
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🧠 #WTOReform is top of mind for multilateral #trade policy-makers. But in a multipolar world, reform is no easy task.
🆕 In a new article, @alicetipping.bsky.social explores how the @wto.org system has evolved & why reform is a chance to rethink #GlobalTrade rules.
🔗 bit.ly/4hAQG24
🆕 In a new article, @alicetipping.bsky.social explores how the @wto.org system has evolved & why reform is a chance to rethink #GlobalTrade rules.
🔗 bit.ly/4hAQG24
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📢 Deadline extended! Submit your proposal for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 by Nov. 7, 2025.
Held alongside @wto.org #MC14 from March 26-28 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this is your chance to shape global dialogue on how trade can deliver for #SustDev.
🔗: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
Held alongside @wto.org #MC14 from March 26-28 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this is your chance to shape global dialogue on how trade can deliver for #SustDev.
🔗: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
📢 Deadline extended! Submit your proposal for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 by Nov. 7, 2025.
Held alongside @wto.org #MC14 from March 26-28 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this is your chance to shape global dialogue on how trade can deliver for #SustDev.
🔗: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
Held alongside @wto.org #MC14 from March 26-28 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this is your chance to shape global dialogue on how trade can deliver for #SustDev.
🔗: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
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🌾 How can the @wto.org foster #ClimateResilient #FoodSystems in #LDCs?
In this 🆕 brief, @fcalvo.bsky.social offers 11 recommendations to leverage rules on #AgSubsidies, intellectual property & export restrictions to support LDCs.
🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/publications...
In this 🆕 brief, @fcalvo.bsky.social offers 11 recommendations to leverage rules on #AgSubsidies, intellectual property & export restrictions to support LDCs.
🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/publications...
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🌾 How can the @wto.org foster #ClimateResilient #FoodSystems in #LDCs?
In this 🆕 brief, @fcalvo.bsky.social offers 11 recommendations to leverage rules on #AgSubsidies, intellectual property & export restrictions to support LDCs.
🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/publications...
In this 🆕 brief, @fcalvo.bsky.social offers 11 recommendations to leverage rules on #AgSubsidies, intellectual property & export restrictions to support LDCs.
🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/publications...
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🌍 This #GlobalFertilizerDay, let’s face the facts:
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
October 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🌍 This #GlobalFertilizerDay, let’s face the facts:
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
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As the global economy undergoes a profound green transformation, an important policy revolution is underway. 🌍
In our new deep dive, we brought experts together to better understand the obstacles standing in the way and to identify possible solutions: https://bit.ly/4n2nPFL
In our new deep dive, we brought experts together to better understand the obstacles standing in the way and to identify possible solutions: https://bit.ly/4n2nPFL
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
As the global economy undergoes a profound green transformation, an important policy revolution is underway. 🌍
In our new deep dive, we brought experts together to better understand the obstacles standing in the way and to identify possible solutions: https://bit.ly/4n2nPFL
In our new deep dive, we brought experts together to better understand the obstacles standing in the way and to identify possible solutions: https://bit.ly/4n2nPFL
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Our 🆕 Guidance on Border Carbon Adjustment #BCA was recognized by @financialtimes.com as a valuable tool for policy-makers.
Thank you to our partners for 2+ years of collaboration.
🔎 Check out our recommendations: www.iisd.org/publications...
🔗 Read the FT article: www.ft.com/content/6d86...
Thank you to our partners for 2+ years of collaboration.
🔎 Check out our recommendations: www.iisd.org/publications...
🔗 Read the FT article: www.ft.com/content/6d86...
Guidance on Border Carbon Adjustment
A best practices guidance on border carbon adjustment.
www.iisd.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our 🆕 Guidance on Border Carbon Adjustment #BCA was recognized by @financialtimes.com as a valuable tool for policy-makers.
Thank you to our partners for 2+ years of collaboration.
🔎 Check out our recommendations: www.iisd.org/publications...
🔗 Read the FT article: www.ft.com/content/6d86...
Thank you to our partners for 2+ years of collaboration.
🔎 Check out our recommendations: www.iisd.org/publications...
🔗 Read the FT article: www.ft.com/content/6d86...
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In north Bihar, India, small & marginal farmers are cultivating crops beneath solar panels without formal support.
Here’s why micro-agrivoltaics offer a powerful opportunity to scale clean energy & can even boost agricultural productivity.
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
Here’s why micro-agrivoltaics offer a powerful opportunity to scale clean energy & can even boost agricultural productivity.
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
July 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In north Bihar, India, small & marginal farmers are cultivating crops beneath solar panels without formal support.
Here’s why micro-agrivoltaics offer a powerful opportunity to scale clean energy & can even boost agricultural productivity.
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
Here’s why micro-agrivoltaics offer a powerful opportunity to scale clean energy & can even boost agricultural productivity.
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
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📽️ Watch our webinar on aligning @wto.org rules with climate adaptation in #Agriculture.
Experts explored improving access to adaptation goods for developing country farmers & repurposing support to climate-resilient crops.
🔗: www.iisd.org/events/wto-r...
➡️ Also available in French
Experts explored improving access to adaptation goods for developing country farmers & repurposing support to climate-resilient crops.
🔗: www.iisd.org/events/wto-r...
➡️ Also available in French
May 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📽️ Watch our webinar on aligning @wto.org rules with climate adaptation in #Agriculture.
Experts explored improving access to adaptation goods for developing country farmers & repurposing support to climate-resilient crops.
🔗: www.iisd.org/events/wto-r...
➡️ Also available in French
Experts explored improving access to adaptation goods for developing country farmers & repurposing support to climate-resilient crops.
🔗: www.iisd.org/events/wto-r...
➡️ Also available in French
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The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a game-changer for global trade & forest conservation.
It mandates that key commodities and products must be deforestation-free & legally produced before entering the European market.
Read our new explainer ▶️ buff.ly/Lq9gGEH
It mandates that key commodities and products must be deforestation-free & legally produced before entering the European market.
Read our new explainer ▶️ buff.ly/Lq9gGEH
May 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a game-changer for global trade & forest conservation.
It mandates that key commodities and products must be deforestation-free & legally produced before entering the European market.
Read our new explainer ▶️ buff.ly/Lq9gGEH
It mandates that key commodities and products must be deforestation-free & legally produced before entering the European market.
Read our new explainer ▶️ buff.ly/Lq9gGEH
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Did you know our #agrifood systems carry nearly $10 trillion in hidden costs - from social and environmental damage to health impacts?
This #WorldFairTradeDay, it's time we start reflecting these costs in the prices we pay.
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This #WorldFairTradeDay, it's time we start reflecting these costs in the prices we pay.
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May 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Did you know our #agrifood systems carry nearly $10 trillion in hidden costs - from social and environmental damage to health impacts?
This #WorldFairTradeDay, it's time we start reflecting these costs in the prices we pay.
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This #WorldFairTradeDay, it's time we start reflecting these costs in the prices we pay.
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📢 It’s official! The #TradeSustainabilityHub returns alongside #MC14 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.🌍
Bold conversations on delivering for development await – don’t miss out.
🗓️ Save the date: March 26-28, 2026
🔗 www.iisd.org/events/trade...
#WTO #LetsTalkTrade #TradeHub2026
Bold conversations on delivering for development await – don’t miss out.
🗓️ Save the date: March 26-28, 2026
🔗 www.iisd.org/events/trade...
#WTO #LetsTalkTrade #TradeHub2026
May 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📢 It’s official! The #TradeSustainabilityHub returns alongside #MC14 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.🌍
Bold conversations on delivering for development await – don’t miss out.
🗓️ Save the date: March 26-28, 2026
🔗 www.iisd.org/events/trade...
#WTO #LetsTalkTrade #TradeHub2026
Bold conversations on delivering for development await – don’t miss out.
🗓️ Save the date: March 26-28, 2026
🔗 www.iisd.org/events/trade...
#WTO #LetsTalkTrade #TradeHub2026
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🌐🌱 How can trade support Viet Nam’s #ClimateAdaptation goals?
Last week in Hanoi, we co-hosted a workshop convening experts with diverse backgrounds to explore this question in the context of the agricultural sector.
➡️ Learn more about the event here: www.iisd.org/events/trade...
Last week in Hanoi, we co-hosted a workshop convening experts with diverse backgrounds to explore this question in the context of the agricultural sector.
➡️ Learn more about the event here: www.iisd.org/events/trade...
April 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🌐🌱 How can trade support Viet Nam’s #ClimateAdaptation goals?
Last week in Hanoi, we co-hosted a workshop convening experts with diverse backgrounds to explore this question in the context of the agricultural sector.
➡️ Learn more about the event here: www.iisd.org/events/trade...
Last week in Hanoi, we co-hosted a workshop convening experts with diverse backgrounds to explore this question in the context of the agricultural sector.
➡️ Learn more about the event here: www.iisd.org/events/trade...
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Before President Trump’s tariff announcement sent shockwaves through #GlobalTrade, @alicetipping.bsky.social took a step back to look at the bigger picture.
She breaks down the uncertainty & why a rules-based system remains the best way forward.
www.iisd.org/trump-tariff...
#TradePolicy #Tariffs
She breaks down the uncertainty & why a rules-based system remains the best way forward.
www.iisd.org/trump-tariff...
#TradePolicy #Tariffs
April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Before President Trump’s tariff announcement sent shockwaves through #GlobalTrade, @alicetipping.bsky.social took a step back to look at the bigger picture.
She breaks down the uncertainty & why a rules-based system remains the best way forward.
www.iisd.org/trump-tariff...
#TradePolicy #Tariffs
She breaks down the uncertainty & why a rules-based system remains the best way forward.
www.iisd.org/trump-tariff...
#TradePolicy #Tariffs
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⏳ The countdown to #FfD4 has begun! Let’s reshape trade policy for sustainable, inclusive development.
The outcome document should strengthen multilateral trade, reduce barriers for developing countries & support a low-carbon economy.
🔗 @alicetipping.bsky.social ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
The outcome document should strengthen multilateral trade, reduce barriers for developing countries & support a low-carbon economy.
🔗 @alicetipping.bsky.social ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
March 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
⏳ The countdown to #FfD4 has begun! Let’s reshape trade policy for sustainable, inclusive development.
The outcome document should strengthen multilateral trade, reduce barriers for developing countries & support a low-carbon economy.
🔗 @alicetipping.bsky.social ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
The outcome document should strengthen multilateral trade, reduce barriers for developing countries & support a low-carbon economy.
🔗 @alicetipping.bsky.social ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
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📢 The new edition of IISD Insights is out now 📰
You'll find:
🌎 Why reforming environmentally harmful subsidies is crucial
🚗 The inside scoop on Indonesia's EV boom
🚜 How nature-based solutions are helping a Manitoba fruit farm thrive
Read ➡️ us3.campaign-archive.com?u=78abf941b6...
You'll find:
🌎 Why reforming environmentally harmful subsidies is crucial
🚗 The inside scoop on Indonesia's EV boom
🚜 How nature-based solutions are helping a Manitoba fruit farm thrive
Read ➡️ us3.campaign-archive.com?u=78abf941b6...
February 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📢 The new edition of IISD Insights is out now 📰
You'll find:
🌎 Why reforming environmentally harmful subsidies is crucial
🚗 The inside scoop on Indonesia's EV boom
🚜 How nature-based solutions are helping a Manitoba fruit farm thrive
Read ➡️ us3.campaign-archive.com?u=78abf941b6...
You'll find:
🌎 Why reforming environmentally harmful subsidies is crucial
🚗 The inside scoop on Indonesia's EV boom
🚜 How nature-based solutions are helping a Manitoba fruit farm thrive
Read ➡️ us3.campaign-archive.com?u=78abf941b6...
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Environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS) exceed USD 2 trillion/year surpassing 🌎 finance goals for biodiversity & climate.
Our new report offers a framework to catalyze action & ensure 💰 supports environment & social goals.
🔎 www.iisd.org/publications...
Our new report offers a framework to catalyze action & ensure 💰 supports environment & social goals.
🔎 www.iisd.org/publications...
February 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS) exceed USD 2 trillion/year surpassing 🌎 finance goals for biodiversity & climate.
Our new report offers a framework to catalyze action & ensure 💰 supports environment & social goals.
🔎 www.iisd.org/publications...
Our new report offers a framework to catalyze action & ensure 💰 supports environment & social goals.
🔎 www.iisd.org/publications...
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📢 NEW REPORT! As countries adopt carbon pricing to meet the #ParisAgreement, they might be at risk of #carbonleakage – emissions shifting to nations with lower climate ambition.
Some countries have set up various mechanisms in response to this issue 🌎
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
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Some countries have set up various mechanisms in response to this issue 🌎
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
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December 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM
📢 NEW REPORT! As countries adopt carbon pricing to meet the #ParisAgreement, they might be at risk of #carbonleakage – emissions shifting to nations with lower climate ambition.
Some countries have set up various mechanisms in response to this issue 🌎
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
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Some countries have set up various mechanisms in response to this issue 🌎
🔎 www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
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On #WorldSoilDay, we spotlight soil acidity in East Africa - a challenge to productivity and food security.
Our new report shows how lime and soil fertility management can boost yields and build resilience: iisd.org/publications...
Our new report shows how lime and soil fertility management can boost yields and build resilience: iisd.org/publications...
Addressing Soil Acidity and Enhancing Soil Health
This policy report addresses the critical issue of soil acidity in the East African Community (EAC) and provides actionable recommendations for EAC partner states, the EAC Secretariat, and other relev...
iisd.org
December 5, 2024 at 6:24 PM
On #WorldSoilDay, we spotlight soil acidity in East Africa - a challenge to productivity and food security.
Our new report shows how lime and soil fertility management can boost yields and build resilience: iisd.org/publications...
Our new report shows how lime and soil fertility management can boost yields and build resilience: iisd.org/publications...
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📢 Our latest issue of the #Trade & #Sustainability Review is out now! This edition presents four expert views on how redesigning agricultural support & subsidies can promote sustainability in developing and least-developed countries #LDCs.
Read it here ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/iis...
Read it here ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/iis...
December 2, 2024 at 4:13 PM
📢 Our latest issue of the #Trade & #Sustainability Review is out now! This edition presents four expert views on how redesigning agricultural support & subsidies can promote sustainability in developing and least-developed countries #LDCs.
Read it here ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/iis...
Read it here ➡️ www.iisd.org/articles/iis...
La note de politique de l'IISD "Comment les règles et les flexibilités de l’OMC peuvent-elles promouvoir la sécurité alimentaire des pays les moins avancés (PMA)?" est maintenant disponible en français sur le lien ci-dessous! www.iisd.org/system/files...
@iisd.bsky.social
@iisd.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 9:20 AM
La note de politique de l'IISD "Comment les règles et les flexibilités de l’OMC peuvent-elles promouvoir la sécurité alimentaire des pays les moins avancés (PMA)?" est maintenant disponible en français sur le lien ci-dessous! www.iisd.org/system/files...
@iisd.bsky.social
@iisd.bsky.social
Glad to see that an IISD brief on how WTO rules can promote food security in least-developed countries (LDCs) features in the latest edition of the WTO's News Harvest, the monthly agri-food trade news round-up of the WTO! Link to November's News Harvest below: mailchi.mp/wto/news-har...
November 13, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Glad to see that an IISD brief on how WTO rules can promote food security in least-developed countries (LDCs) features in the latest edition of the WTO's News Harvest, the monthly agri-food trade news round-up of the WTO! Link to November's News Harvest below: mailchi.mp/wto/news-har...
My new IISD article on how agricultural export restrictions exacerbate the impacts on climate change on our food security is out! www.iisd.org/articles/pol...
Adding Fuel to the Fire: How export restrictions can exacerbate climate change’s impacts on global food security
Higher temperatures will likely reduce agricultural yields and production in most countries, raising global food prices and worsening food security. Avoiding export restrictions is crucial.
www.iisd.org
October 28, 2024 at 3:57 PM
My new IISD article on how agricultural export restrictions exacerbate the impacts on climate change on our food security is out! www.iisd.org/articles/pol...
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ICYMI, this July report from the WTO looks at progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals - including SDG 2, "zero hunger".
"We cannot achieve the food systems transformation we need without transforming trade policy": WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
www.wto.org/english/res_...
"We cannot achieve the food systems transformation we need without transforming trade policy": WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
www.wto.org/english/res_...
WTO's contribution to attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals: 2024 update to the High-Level Political Forum
This report examines the contribution of international trade and the multilateral trading system to meeting the SDG targets and to development goals in general. The report focuses on five SDGs: SDG 1 ...
www.wto.org
August 27, 2024 at 12:06 PM
ICYMI, this July report from the WTO looks at progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals - including SDG 2, "zero hunger".
"We cannot achieve the food systems transformation we need without transforming trade policy": WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
www.wto.org/english/res_...
"We cannot achieve the food systems transformation we need without transforming trade policy": WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
www.wto.org/english/res_...
The IISD-IFPRI webinar on WTO Agriculture Negotiations on Domestic Support held on 2 May 2024 is now available on YouTube! 👇 #wto #agriculture #negotiations #domesticsupport #subsidies
www.iisd.org/events/wto-a...
www.iisd.org/events/wto-a...
WTO agriculture negotiations on domestic support: making new rules work for LDCs and other vulnerable economies
This webinar brought research insights for WTO delegates, advancing domestic support negotiations pre-MC14 and aiding vulnerable economies.
www.iisd.org
May 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
The IISD-IFPRI webinar on WTO Agriculture Negotiations on Domestic Support held on 2 May 2024 is now available on YouTube! 👇 #wto #agriculture #negotiations #domesticsupport #subsidies
www.iisd.org/events/wto-a...
www.iisd.org/events/wto-a...
My take on the #WTO agriculture negotiations at MC13 - What does the lack of outcomes on #agriculture at MC13 in Abu Dhabi mean for LDCs and other vulnerable economies? www.iisd.org/articles/exp...
World Trade Organization Agriculture Negotiations at MC13: What does the lack of outcomes mean for least developed countries and other vulnerable economies?
IISD expert Facundo Calvo analyzes what came out of the WTO's agriculture negotiations at the 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi and its implications for least developed countries and other vuln...
www.iisd.org
March 26, 2024 at 8:53 AM
My take on the #WTO agriculture negotiations at MC13 - What does the lack of outcomes on #agriculture at MC13 in Abu Dhabi mean for LDCs and other vulnerable economies? www.iisd.org/articles/exp...