The Trade and Climate Tracker maps how recent bilateral and plurilateral economic agreements address the green transition.

Topic Assignment

Topic assignment is based on the primary policy object of the provision. A provision may be coded under more than one topic when its substantive content genuinely addresses multiple topics.

Multi-topic coding is not based on keywords alone.

Provision-Level Threshold

A provision is coded only when it contains substantive operative content relevant to a topic covered by the Tracker, rather than because the topic appears politically relevant or the agreement may indirectly affect a covered topic.

Operative content includes commitments, permissions, cooperation processes, institutional mechanisms, information exchange, investment promotion, trade or market-access treatment, research and innovation activities, capacity building, regulatory cooperation, or other identifiable activities.

Purely descriptive language is not sufficient. General recognition of a topic, chapter titles, definitions, isolated keywords, or references to sustainable development or environmental protection do not qualify unless they contain topic-specific, substantive policy content.