Roundtable: Who Owns the Transition? Technology, Power, and the Green Industrial Divide
Thursday, 24 September, 9:30 – 11:30AM
In person, Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York
Co-organised by Resource Justice Network and the South Centre
Charting Green Industrial Futures: Advancing Global South Cooperation for a Just Transition
By Danish
Accelerating green industrialisation is essential for Global South countries to align their national climate action with job creation, economic growth and sustainable development. However, they face persistent barriers in access to finance, clean technologies, and policy space needed to implement green industrial policies. This policy brief argues that these constraints can be effectively addressed by developing countries through expanding their international cooperation in climate, trade and industry. Through the analysis of three institutional mechanisms emerging from the Global South – the Africa Green Industrialisation Initiative (AGII), the International Solar Alliance (ISA), and the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT), the brief highlights some ways for developing countries to shape their own green industrial futures and advance a just transition.
Promoting a Symbiotic Relationship Between Trade Policy and Climate Action
By Vahini Naidu
This paper is based on remarks delivered in the lead up to COP30. It outlines how African countries are working to align trade, climate action, and development priorities through early transparency on climate-related trade measures, technology transfer, and the protection of policy space for green industrialisation. It also highlights the growing focus on critical minerals, the rise of unilateral climate-related trade measures, and the need to bring scattered initiatives into a coherent multilateral framework that supports fair and sustainable outcomes.
South Centre Statement to the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting (TIMM)
Gqeberha, South Africa | 10 October 2025
– On Priority 3: Trade and Investment Framework to address Green Industrialisation and Sustainable Development
– On Priority 4: WTO Reform and Development Dimension
