April 22, 2026 | Brussels, Belgium | Time: 8:30 AM - 4:45 PM CEST (GMT+2)

The global energy transition is rapidly reshaping international trade, industrial policy, and investment flows. As countries accelerate efforts to decarbonize their economies, the development of resilient clean technology supply chains and new industrial value chains has become a central strategic priority. Clean energy technologies — including renewable power systems, hydrogen, batteries, critical minerals, and low-carbon industrial processes — are increasingly embedded in global trade and investment networks, making it a major policy challenge to ensure these networks support both climate ambition and economic development. 

In this context, the European Union's Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP) provides a new framework for cooperation with partner economies. CTIPs aim to deepen collaboration on clean industrial value chains by combining trade policy, industrial cooperation, and investment partnerships. The approach reflects the recognition that achieving climate neutrality will require not only domestic policy action but also strong international partnerships that facilitate technology diffusion, secure supply chains, and mobilize large-scale investment in clean industries. As geopolitical competition around clean technologies intensifies, a deeper dialogue between European and Global South stakeholders becomes increasingly important. Read the concept note here.

Please join ORF America on April 22 for a high-level, cross-sector dialogue in Brussels to explore how CTIPs can support resilient supply chains, mobilize investments, and foster technological cooperation that benefit Europe and Global South economies.