Climate change and its impact on international trade will be on the agenda when CQUniversity Rockhampton hosts trade officials from nations all over the Asia Pacific on February 21-22.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman has welcomed the United Nations project initiative, as part of Rockhampton Regional Council's announcement of the event this week.

"CQUniversity actively researches the impact our changing climate has on the local environment as well as the business and industries that operate here. We're pleased to be working with Rockhampton Regional Council as it hosts the UN here," Professor Bowman says.

The region's Mayor, Cr Brad Carter, originally wrote to the UN extending an invitation to hold the expert meeting in Rockhampton.

RCC says the event will focus on the risks that current and future climate has on trade and resource availability, with an aim to create opportunities for joint planning and action by policy makers and the private sector.

Mayor Carter said that the Rockhampton Region is an excellent place for the meeting, being an important export sector service hub.

"With trade in Asia and the Pacific vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, countries in the region stand to gain vastly by introducing joint mechanisms to address the risks of storm and other damage to local and trade-partner ports and protect export businesses and the communities that depend on them," Cr Carter said.

"The UN project will result in the creation of more focused working groups, who will be tasked with formulating proposals to address the major risks we in the Asia Pacific region face - particularly the risks of disruption to trade flows and supply chains."