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The Make Climate Action Everyone’s Business Forum hosted by ICC from 1 –13 November 2021 will bring together more than 10,000 public and private sector participants from over 120 countries to align their climate ambitions and actions for the next decade.

The Women Traders in the AfCFTA, a partnership formed by ICC, UPS, Trade Law Centre (Tralac), and West Blue Consulting, met at Expo 2020 Dubai to support women-led SMEs in Africa.

ICC has today announced a number of new appointments to lead the work of its Banking Commission – the leading standard-setting body for international trade finance transactions. Lynn Ng of ING becomes new Commission Chair.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported the lowest number of reported piracy and armed robbery incidents for the first nine months of any year since 1994.

ICC has responded to a decision taken today by G20 Finance Ministers to endorse the agreement broached by 136 members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Inclusive Framework last week, calling for rapid clarity regarding the application and implementation of the proposed rules to address the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy.

ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO has called on climate ministers to finally conclude a robust and workable rulebook to operationalise Article 6 of the Paris Climate Accord on international carbon markets., ahead of COP26 discussions next month.

ICC has paid tribute to Prof. J. Martin Hunter, former Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (1988-90), who passed away on 9 October 2021.

ICC, in partnership with Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios and Usina de Emprendedores, has launched the ICC Centre of Entrepreneurship in Buenos Aires to prepare the next generation of entrepreneurs in the southern cone of Latin America.