News & Analysis - Leadership Group for Industry Transition

26 November 2025

COP 30 Technology, Transition, and Trust – the role of trade and international cooperation for just & equitable industrial transition

This panel event during COP30 in Belém highlighted both some of the opportunities and the complexities involved in using trade to accelerate industrial decarbonization.

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Shimukunku Manchishi, Senior Policy Officer (Trade), African Futures Policy Hub; Luisa Orre, Chief Business Development Officer, Stegra; & Per Andersson, Head of Secretariat, LeadIT. Photo: Jane Birch/LeadIT

27 October 2025

Transition, Trade and Trust – Industry Decarbonisation in Uncertain Times

Written by Per Andersson

In Geneva on 23 and 24 October 2025, the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS) organised its first annual conference "Trade Cooperation Pathways for Climate Action, Resilience and Justice". The event gathered leading experts from the worlds of trade and climate policymaking, including LeadIT's Head of Secretariat, Per Andersson.

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Per Andersson, Head of LeadIT Secretariat speaking at . "Trade Cooperation Pathways for Climate Action, Resilience and Justice" TESS Conference. Photo: TESS

23 October 2025

Pathways to inclusive green industrial policy: building shared opportunities across economies

Written by Aaron Maltais, Timothy Suljada

Major economies are implementing green industrial policies to speed up decarbonization and transform production. However, many approaches prioritize national competitiveness and security, and risk marginalizing developing countries. The article proposes four categories of measures to align industrial strategies with global fairness, shared climate objectives, and the Paris Agreement’s goals.

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9 April 2025

Sustainable Industrial Transitions: Building global partnerships for inclusive green competitiveness

Written by Aaron Maltais, Timothy Suljada

A high level roundtable focussing on the global implications of the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal which explored opportunities to align green industrial policy with shared climate objectives, while balancing national competitiveness concerns.

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