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Energy Charter Treaty irrelevant to Africa
Monitor | 15-Apr-2025
The Energy Charter Treaty not only locks countries into outdated fossil fuel investments but also hampers their ability to pursue sustainable, climate-friendly energy policies.
keywords: Africa , climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Thousands of people protest for more climate protection
blue News | 14-Apr-2025
In Bern, several hundred people on the Bundesplatz criticized the federal government, which wants to modernize the International Energy Charter Treaty that came into force in 1998. They called for an exit.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Manifestations pour le climat dans plusieurs villes suisses
RTS | 14-Apr-2025
Des milliers de personnes, 6000 selon les organisateurs, ont manifesté dans plusieurs villes suisses à l’appel de la Grève du climat. Elles ont critiqué la Confédération qui veut moderniser le Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie, mais sans s’en retirer.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end
The Guardian | 10-Mar-2025
Investor–state dispute settlements don’t just mean growing debt burdens for countries: they are also a barrier to action on the climate crisis.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels
The Guardian | 7-Mar-2025
Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers say.
keywords: climate , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
2024 year in review: human rights and ISDS—continued convergence of human rights and the environment
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 3-Feb-2025
2024 shows the continued convergence of human rights and the environment in the ISDS context.
keywords: climate , environment , human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
New AFTINET explainer: why ISDS is a threat to climate action
AFTINET | 15-Jan-2025
This explainer sheds light on how Clive Palmer is using Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions in trade agreements to claim up to $420 billion from the Australian government.
keywords: Australia , climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Colombia is defending its sovereignty from the power of global corporations
Al Jazeera | 6-Jan-2025
Trade deals can allow international corporations to trample over the rights of governments in the Global South. That is the message from the Colombian government, which describes the effect of such deals as a “bloodbath” for their national sovereignty.
keywords: climate , Colombia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , UK
Commission must stop Energy Charter Treaty hijacking EU climate policy
Euractiv | 18-Dec-2024
The Energy Charter Treaty allow fossil fuel investors to sue EU member states before international arbitral tribunals to challenge climate mitigation measures. This legal mechanism is increasingly weaponized by the industry.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
“Shocking and sad”: how corporations use investment agreements to block decarbonisation in the Global South
Land and Climate Review | 12-Dec-2024
Experts talk about investor-state dispute settlements, which allow fossil fuel companies to bring multi-billion dollar lawsuits against countries that pass green policies.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , environment , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS