energy
Euractiv | 8-Mar-2024
Les Vingt-Sept ont approuvé le retrait coordonné de l’UE du traité international sur la charte de l’Énergie, jugé trop protecteur des investissements dans les énergies fossiles et que de nombreux pays, dont la France, ont déjà annoncé vouloir quitter.
Reuters | 8-Mar-2024
European Union countries agreed to jointly quit an international energy treaty over concerns that it undermines efforts to fight climate change, officials said.
Friends of the Earth Europe | 4-Mar-2024
Today marks a significant turning point as the Belgian EU Presidency brokered a deal with the European Commission and member states on the withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.
Connaissance des Energies | 4-Mar-2024
Un tribunal néerlandais a rejeté un appel de la Russie contre une sentence arbitrale record de 50 milliards de dollars, ouvrant la voie à un paiement aux ex-actionnaires de l’ancien géant pétrolier Ioukos.
ABC | 4-Mar-2024
An Amsterdam court has rejected Russia’s final argument in a years-long legal battle over a $50 billion arbitration award.
RFI | 4-Mar-2024
Le Royaume-Uni a annoncé se retirer du traité sur la Charte de l’énergie et c’est une bonne nouvelle pour le climat. Ce traité permet en effet à une entreprise polluante de poursuivre en justice un Etat si elle juge que sa politique lui est préjudiciable.
Global Justice Now | 27-Feb-2024
On 22 February 2024 the UK announced it will leave the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty.
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actions | resistance ,
climate ,
ECT ,
energy ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
sovereignty | democracy ,
UK
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment | 23-Feb-2024
Mozambique faces a substantial economic risk due to its exposure to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims by foreign investors in its coal, oil, and gas sectors. The investment protections in the country’s international investment agreements and contracts, combined with ISDS, expose Mozambique to multi-billion-dollar financial liabilities.
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energy ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mozambique ,
natural resources
Global Trade Review | 21-Feb-2024
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system could be putting climate action at risk in emerging and developing economies as investors in fossil fuel projects angle for compensation, experts say.
TNI | 30-Jan-2024
En el más reciente informe, “The Raw Materials Rush”, las investigadoras Lucía Bárcena, Luciana Ghiotto y Bettina Müller analizan los marcos regulatorios que la UE promueve para asegurar su acceso a estos minerales, y cómo dichos acuerdos promueven la intensificación del extractivismo e ignoran los altos costos socioambientales de estas actividades.
