International Trade, Energy Transition and Climate Change Obligations : The perspective of small Pacific islands and the Caribbean Community

This paper explores how the international trading system can help achieve sustainability worldwide. It aims to do three things: first, an explanation of how the international trading system (multilaterally, regionally, or bilaterally) helps and contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals; second, an analysis of the role of free trade agreements in the energy transition, by focusing on small Pacific island developing states; and third, an exploration of how trade law is the enforcer of climate change obligations from the perspective of the states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)