International treaty

UK-Australia FTA Chapter 22: Environment

Text of chapter 22 of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 16 December 2021

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Chapter 22: Environment (Including Annex 22A and Annex 22B) (PDF version)

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Chapter 22: Environment (Including Annex 22A and Annex 22B) (web version)

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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. It includes commitments to ensure that neither Australia nor the UK can derogate from, waive, or fail to enforce their domestic environmental laws in order to promote trade or investment.

This chapter preserves our right to regulate to meet environment and climate change objectives. It affirms our shared commitment to tackle climate change, including under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement.

The chapter commits both parties to strengthen cooperation in a range of issues such as sustainable forest management, the circular economy and marine litter to tackle shared environmental challenges. It also reaffirms our commitments under Multilateral Environment Agreements, such as the 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

Published 16 December 2021