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Beyond repair? The Energy Charter Treaty
FOEE | 16-Dec-2019
An obscure investment agreement, the Energy Charter Treaty, threatens to undermine bold climate action to transform Europe’s energy system.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Romania agrees to pay large compensations to Romanian-Swedish investors
Romania Insider | 16-Dec-2019
The Government took this decision to unlock the accounts of Romania’s air control company Romatsa, frozen by the Miculas.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania , Sweden
Sweden sued for $1.8 billion due to environmental regulation
Handelsgranskaren | 13-Dec-2019
For the first time, Sweden has recieved a notice of arbitration for banning the exploration and mining of uranium.
keywords: ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Sweden
Arbitraje Infinito Gold contra Costa Rica: precisiones necesarias, por Karima Sauma
CIAR Global | 13-Dec-2019
Karima Sauma, especialista en arbitraje internacional, asistente del árbitro internacional Rodrigo Oreamuno y directora ejecutiva del Centro Internacional de Conciliación y Arbitraje de AmCham Costa Rica.
keywords: Costa Rica , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
ICSID is modernizing and simplifying its rules
Lexology | 12-Dec-2019
In amending the current rules, the ICSID aims to ultimately make the procedure less paper-intensive by using technology for the digital transmission of documents and case procedures.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
US banned climate from UK trade talks
The Ecologist | 11-Dec-2019
The US has banned any mention of climate change in US-UK trade talks.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP , UK , US
Korean company starts arbitration against India
Economic Times | 10-Dec-2019
South Korean state owned power utility Kowepo has begun international arbitration proceedings against India in Singapore for not honouring a fuel supply commitment to its Maharashtra power plant.
keywords: energy , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea
EU governments under pressure to quit Energy Charter Treaty
Forbes | 10-Dec-2019
Climate campaigners are demanding that European Union countries pull out of the treaty unless they can negotiate an end to the pact’s investor-state dispute mechanism.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
280 organisations appellent les Etats de l’UE à sortir du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie
Collectif Stop Tafta | 9-Dec-2019
Plus de 280 organisations de la société civile réclament aux États membres du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie de mettre fin aux protections dont dispose le secteur des énergies fossiles.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video
Open letter on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
ECT’s Dirty Secrets | 9-Dec-2019
We – 278 environmental, climate, consumer, development, and trade related civil society groups, as well as trade unions – believe that the ECT is incompatible with the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video