Greening the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: Legal Levers and Limitations

在一个努力在气候紧急情况下实现可持续发展目标的世界中，鉴于先前的研究表明，温室气体排放与自由贸易齐头并进，国际贸易协定需要从环境的角度加以审视。具体地说，随着2019年非洲大陆自由贸易区协定(AfCFTA)的生效，非洲大陆现在是世界上最大的区域自由贸易区。非洲自由贸易协定预计将增加整个非洲大陆的贸易和人均收入，因此该项目的首要研究问题是如何利用非洲自由贸易协定成为以环境可持续的方式促进经济增长的工具？这项研究旨在使非洲自由贸易协定秘书处的气候和贸易政策制定者和非洲各国政府在应对全球气候紧急情况时受益。

In a world striving to attain sustainable development objectives in the context of a climate emergency, international trade agreements need to be examined through an environmental lens given that previous research shows that greenhouse gas emissions increase hand in hand with free trade. Specifically, with the 2019 African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) in force, the African continent is now home to the world's largest regional free trade area. AfCFTA is anticipated to increase both trade and income per capita across the African continent, so the overarching research question of this project is how can AfCFTA be harnessed into a tool that boosts economic growth in an environmentally sustainable manner? This research seeks to benefit climate and trade policy makers at the AfCFTA Secretariat and national African governments as they navigate aglobal climate emergency.