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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
The Energy Charter Treaty remains the most dangerous investment treaty to the energy transition
E3G | 4-Dec-2024
Our ranking reveals that the Energy Charter Treaty remains the most dangerous investment treaty to the energy transition by protecting over 300 megatonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gas emissions.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Energy Charter Treaty modernisation adopted, still undermines climate action
Friends of the Earth Europe | 3-Dec-2024
Even after modernisation, the ECT continues to undermine European and global climate policies.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Le Conseil fédéral approuve la modernisation du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie
Gouvernement suisse | 20-Nov-2024
Les parties contractantes restantes devraient approuver la nouvelle mouture du traité lors de la Conférence de la Charte de l’énergie, qui aura lieu le 3 décembre 2024.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Campaigners call for Cop29 to commit to ending secretive corporate courts
Morning Star | 15-Nov-2024
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts are a legal mechanism that allow corporations to sue governments for decisions which they claim impact their profits — including environmental protections.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS
International investment law and ISDS: Overcoming legal barriers to effective climate action under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement
CIEL | 12-Nov-2024
The urgent need to address climate change is hindered by legal barriers within international investment law, particularly through Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS
After intra-EU BITs and the ECT, the EU needs to abandon extra-EU BITs—for legal, energy and climate policy, and political economy reasons
CCSI | 14-Oct-2024
EU members should terminate extra-EU BITs. To facilitate the process, the EU could spearhead an instrument similar to the plurilateral agreement to terminate intra-EU BITs or based on the draft treaty language on termination proposed to UNCITRAL.
keywords: climate , energy , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS