{"id":15997,"date":"2025-01-27T19:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg.itn.iisd.org\/?p=15997"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:52:30","slug":"a-pioneering-accts-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2025\/01\/27\/a-pioneering-accts-signed\/","title":{"rendered":"A pioneering ACCTS signed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admin.ch\/gov\/en\/start\/documentation\/media-releases.msg-id-103156.html\">Agreement on Climate Change, Trade, and Sustainability<\/a> (ACCTS) was signed on November 15, 2024. The ACCTS is a pioneering trade agreement aimed at tackling environmental challenges while fostering economic opportunities. It focuses on promoting sustainable practices, including the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, encouraging green technologies, and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. The ACCTS also emphasizes enhancing environmental goods and services trade, with provisions facilitating market access and reducing barriers. Furthermore, it fosters cooperation on climate-related issues and sustainable development. Signatories to the agreement, which include New Zealand, Iceland, Costa Rica, and Switzerland, are committed to upholding its principles and working together to achieve its ambitious goals. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/articles\/deep-dive\/agreement-climate-change-trade-sustainability-accts\"><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips32'>IISD<\/span>\u2019s deep dive<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips32','International Institute for Sustainable Development<!--more-->'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips33','Institut international du d\u00e9veloppement durable'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips34','Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips63','Bilateral investment treaty'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips76','multilateral investment court'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips112','Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips116','European Commission'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips118','Union europ\u00e9enne'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips119','Uni\u00f3n Europea'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Agreement on Climate Change, Trade, and Sustainability (ACCTS) was signed on November 15, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":16054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[397],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}