https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/09/we-are-nearly-there-uk-and-india-agree-90-of-free-trade-agreement?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Opinion and reporting by Mathew Carr

April 10, 2025: CarrZee: This near agreement on trade, above, between India and Britain, is positive news for the climate because India is a leader of the BRICS grouping, while the UK is influential in the G7.

I believe the trade and climate deals are coming together simultaneously …despite the superficial appearances of tension and chaos.

The Guardian reporting on simultaneous investment negotiations with India is also important, because it matches with the money needed for climate mitigation and adaptation….investment in clean factories in both nations plus adaptation projects. British Steel is an interesting example (with China— another BRICS country)

BBC:

https://apple.news/A90Za_FrGR9GfCX892Jynaw

https://carrzee.org/2025/02/28/is-the-us-edging-to-join-the-cptpp-trade-deal-after-being-nice-to-the-uk/

There is a super important climate negotiation happening and the gormless media is covering it up (6)

The 90-day delay of US import tariffs is long enough for a continued joint global negotiation — trade and climate.

Chaos might continue through much of this year, as these two strands are bedded down and entwined.

The 90 days matches preparation for global market and non-market approaches to climate action that allow for protection of national sovereignty.

See this from a G20 sustainable finance working group (SFWG) report from January:

The G20 SFWG will release a draft deliverable for public consultation following approval of consultation documents in the first weeks of June 2025 by the SFWG. The group will then deliver the consultation outcomes and proposed amendments in time for the fourth SFWG meeting in September. The SFWG will draw on the existing practices and initiatives focused on carbon credit data, including its collection, storage, and transmission to achieve a publicly beneficial outcome with broad-based support.

Deliverable A

Common Carbon Credit Data Model which will guide how standardised data attributes are defined, recorded, reported, and incorporated into existing market infrastructures across jurisdictions. It will serve as a globally recognised reference point, enhancing the transparency, comparability, and interoperability of carbon credit data across different markets. By connecting different carbon markets, reducing fragmentation, and enhancing capital flows, it will support EMDEs (emerging markets and developing economies) in attracting crossborder climate finance. The model will reflect inputs gathered from technical expert working groups and a public consultation. It will be published alongside supporting voluntary guidance detailing the principles and approach taken.

Here is the source doc, for convenience:

https://g20sfwg.org/document-repository

Further, the intercessional UNFCCC climate talks in Bonn, Germany, run 16 June – 26 June, 2025…near the end of Trump’s pause.

The heat is on

Global March temperature in 2025 slightly above previous 2016 record: NOAA

Are USA and China secretly trying to encourage the world into a global system where investment in sustainability projects pays out?

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