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The chapter sets out our shared commitment to building mutually supportive trade and environment policies. It establishes cooperative efforts to support the green economy and clean growth through trade.鈥疘t includes commitments to ensure that neither Australia nor the UK can derogate鈥痜rom,鈥痺aive,鈥痮r fail to enforce their鈥痙omestic鈥痚nvironmental laws鈥痠n order to promote trade or investment.

This chapter鈥痯reserves our right to regulate鈥痶o meet鈥痚nvironment and climate change objectives. It affirms鈥痮ur shared commitment鈥痶o tackle climate change, including鈥痷nder the鈥疷nited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)鈥痑nd the Paris Agreement.

The chapter鈥痗ommits both parties to鈥痵trengthen鈥痗ooperation鈥痠n a range of issues鈥痵uch as鈥痵ustainable forest management, the circular economy and marine litter to tackle shared environmental challenges.鈥疘t also reaffirms our commitments under鈥疢ultilateral Environment鈥疉greements, such as鈥痶he Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

You can give feedback on this chapter via the page for public submissions on environment and labour FTA chapters