Trade, Climate and Energy: A New Study on Climate Action through Free Trade Agreements

Efforts to tackle climate change are taking place on multiple fronts. This includes trade, an increasingly important defining feature of the global economy. In recent years, free trade agreements (FTAs) have become primary mechanism policy and diplomacy. study examines development action measures in FTAs discusses what difference they can make tackling change. Its source research is based in-depth examination force up 2020. paper structured around a number questions forming three main inter-related areas enquiry. Firstly, extent these provisions essentially derivative energy’s connections with change, thus part wider trade–climate–energy nexus? Secondly, kinds specifically promoting, how effective potential positive impact may we expect have? Thirdly, certain norms being promoted by partners if so, then who norm leaders, motivating them, extending their influence over other partners? addressing questions, this offers new insights analysis regarding potentially emerging trend nexus. international political economy approach latest empirical also provide further distinctive contribution knowledge inter-disciplinary area, developing comprehensions relationship between energy.