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This provision is therefore another tool in the #climate toolbox. Time will tell if/how consequential it may be.

The important caveat is this, however: you can see the linkage in terms of "legal potential": The commitment CAN play a role in strengthening the Paris Agreement, but fulfilling this potential is conditional on actual political backing.

This is especially so for the most recent agreements: the commitment itself has evolved from a non-binding statement of shared intent in the trade agreements with Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam into a legally binding obligation in the EU-United Kingdom, EU-Kenya, and EU-New Zealand trade agreements.

It is now more costly to withdraw from the Agreement. The linkage also strengthens their procedural duties such as submitting timely climate plans (NDCs), the expectation that they increase their climate ambition, and the expectation that perties implement NDCs to their best efforts

We set out to investigate what this means: what are the obligations under the Paris Agreement and does this linkage make a difference for the involved trade partners?
We argue that it does make a difference, though with an important caveat!

Since 2019, EU trade agreements have included a commitment to "effectively implement the Paris Agreement" in their trade and sustainability chapters. Including ongoing negotiations, 14 trade agreements will commit the EU and its trade partners - 45 countries in total - to this clause.