climate
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.
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.
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climate ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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climate ,
ECT ,
energy ,
environment ,
EU ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
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.
Friends of the Earth Europe | 3-Dec-2024
Even after modernisation, the ECT continues to undermine European and global climate policies.
