#01 - Weekly News Digest 20240108-0114

This weekly news digest is created by community members in the Hyperledger Supply Chain and Trade Finance Special Interest Group as a way to keep people up to date on the latest developments in this space.  If you have news to share that you would like to let the group know about, please feel free to edit this wiki page or join one of the upcoming group meetings and share your news with other group members.

• Supply Chain Digital: Red Sea Attacks 'Highlight Need for Supply Visibility Tech'
• Producer Inclusion in Voluntary Sustainability Standard Governance
• Nature and Biodiversity risks and impacts
• How AI can help power energy systems in an age of renewables
• ICC Principles for Sustainable Trade
• Unlocking Finances in Zambia: A woman entrepreneur’s guide
• UNDP: Africa needs carbon markets
• Carbon Dioxide Removal: Best-Practice Guidelines
• Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural–urban continuum in Ethiopia,
• Shipping industry can cut emissions by progressive adoption of green steel, analysis shows
• UNDP’s Food & Agricultural Commodity Systems Strategy 2020-2030
• IISD Model Contract Clauses for Responsible Investment in Agriculture
• Working toward more transparent and sustainable forms of production, consumption, and trade.
• Developing a Supervisory Framework for Financial Risks Stemming from Biodiversity related losses
• Policy Framework on Developing a National FinTech Strategy
• Tokenization of Real-World Assets
• 2023: A Strange, Tumultuous Year in Sustainability
• Taxonomy of legal issues related to the digital economy Prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law”
• Household dairy production, dairy intake, and anthropometric outcomes in rural Bangladesh
• Guiding Principles for the Preparation of Financing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries
• Regenerate the Economic Machine
• BLOCKCHAIN TRANSFORMATION: WHY MOVING TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IS CRUCIAL
• Can Sustainable Investing Save the World?
• Curbing the digital economy’s growing environmental footprint
• Food Systems Transformation in hashtag#Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future
• The status of women in agrifood systems | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Trade Policy Tools for Climate Action | World Trade Organization
• Biodiversity Credits: Demand Analysis and Market Outlook
• Biodiversity Credits: A Guide to Support Early Use with High Integrity
• The Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas Initiative: What you need to know
• Open finance in trade facilitation: The impact of UN/CEFACT’s digital initiatives
• Development Is Thirsty Work: Development Banks’ Role in Addressing Water Scarcity
• Accurate spatial information for agricultural field parcels is important for agricultural production management and understanding agro-industrialization and intensification.
• Revisiting Tax Incentives as an Investment Promotion Tool: Q&A for investment policy-makers
• How much of the world’s agricultural and forestry production is certified as sustainable?
• RETHINKING MLE FOR FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION (1/4) — Defining Food Systems
• Realizing climate finance opportunity
• Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 | World Economic Forum
• SMA’s latest edition of the Newsletter
• Financial Benefit-Sharing Issues for Critical Minerals: Challenges and opportunities for producing countries
• The corporate decarbonisation journey
• The Future of Resource Taxation: 10 policy ideas to mobilize mining revenues
• What are Scope 4 emissions?
• Argentina Pulling Policy Levers to Maximize Lithium Benefits
• Africa’s Pulse: Delivering Growth to People through Better Jobs
• Building Materials And The Climate: Constructing A New Future by UN Environment Programme
• Global Economic Prospects