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Press release…
July 2026…
A new analysis reveals that more than half of the international trade agreements signed from early 2025 to June 2026 explicitly include climate cooperation. Over a third of the agreements signed during the same period contain provisions for renewable energy.
With the relationship between trade and climate becoming increasingly prominent, there was no single resource to track the climate and energy dimensions of trade agreements.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has launched the Trade & Climate Tracker, an online platform, to address this gap.
Mapping over 70 agreements signed since January 1, 2025, the Tracker shows how these agreements support the energy transition.
The data reveals that recently signed agreements are increasingly focusing not only on trade liberalization but also on issues such as energy security, critical raw materials and renewable energy investments.
Findings from 46 publicly available agreements:
58 percent of the analyzed agreements explicitly mention climate cooperation. 40 percent emphasize cooperation for emission reduction, and more than half include provisions related to deforestation.
67 percent of the texts contain provisions on energy cooperation, including energy efficiency and infrastructure such as electricity grids.
36 percent of the agreements include provisions on renewable energy. According to IISD, renewable energy stands out as a unifying element for recent trade agreements.
Critical raw materials are a priority issue: 53 percent of the agreements cover this topic. While some agreements focus on securing access to these minerals, others focus on developing supply chain security alliances.
According to IISD, this trend is not limited to countries with ambitious climate policies; it is also seen in agreements signed by governments with different economic and political priorities.
Alice Tipping, IISD’s Director of Trade and Sustainable Development, stated that governments recognize that growth and development in the 21st century will be based on low-carbon and climate-resilient economies.
“Tracker makes this transformation visible and allows us to see how countries are using economic agreements to build the global green markets of the future,” she added…
