Using the global value chain framework to analyse and tackle global environmental crises

Abstract Climate crises are being experienced all over the world and appear to be accelerating as “extreme weather” events become “new normal.” In today’s economy, where trade production activities internationally dispersed prone disruptions, global value chain (GVC) framework provides a systematic approach understand combat environmental advance sustainable development options across global, regional, local scales. A vast “implementation deficit” characterizes sustainability efforts date. The GVC incorporates firm policymaker perspectives in multistakeholder that offers multiple building blocks for progressive agenda, including: multi-actor perspective define sustainability; measuring it diverse geographic scales; analysis of both upgrading downgrading; distinguishing motivations, actions, outcomes when assessing performance; viewing resilience terms interplay economic forces; highlighting how context matters analyzing national, industry, geopolitical factors.