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UNCTAD is supporting sustainable arabica coffee in Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam to strengthen exports, improve livelihoods and protect ecosystems as global markets demand greener production.

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Hormuz shipping disruptions raise risks for energy, fertilizers and vulnerable economies

Aerial view of open-pit copper mine in Chile

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Gender dimensions of the critical minerals boom

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Strategic diversification: Empirical insights for leveraging economic complexity to break free from commodity dependence

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Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Implications for global trade and development

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Critical minerals, critical decisions: Industrial policy for the energy transition

Cover for The implications of critical energy transition minerals for women’s participation in the mining sector

The implications of critical energy transition minerals for women’s participation in the mining sector

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Rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain: Namibia

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Cover of Commodities and Development Report 2023

Commodities and Development Report (Series)

Cover of Commodities at a glance: Special issue on phosphate

Commodities at a Glance

Cover of The State of Commodity Dependence 2025

The State of Commodity Dependence

Series: World commodity trends and prospects (UNSG Reports)

World commodity trends and prospects (UNSG Reports)

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Meetings

Men in mining, smilling

5 June 2026

Presentation of the rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain: Madagascar

Antananarivo, Madagascar

5 May 2026

The new resource frontier: Critical minerals and innovation for development (STI Forum 2026 - Side Event)

Geneva and Johannesburg

19 February 2026

Presentation of the rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain: Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia

17 February 2026

Presentation of the rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain: Zambia

Lusaka, Zambia

13 February 2026

United Nations Cocoa Conference 2026

Geneva, Switzerland

26 January – 6 February 2026

From the valorization of critical minerals to the economy of tomorrow: strategic options and future policies in Madagascar

Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Documents

25 Mar 2026

Global Commodities Forum

25 Mar 2026

Strategic diversification: Empirical insights for leveraging economic complexity to break free from commodity dependence

10 Mar 2026

Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Implications for global trade and development

09 Mar 2026

Critical minerals, critical decisions: Industrial policy for the energy transition

04 Mar 2026

The implications of critical energy transition minerals for women’s participation in the mining sector

19 Feb 2026

Rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain: Namibia [ADVANCE COPY]

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