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Newly released text for modernized Energy Charter Treaty shows too many potential obstacles for climate action
IISD | 15-Sep-2022
The text of the agreement in principle to modernize the Energy Charter Treaty leaves unanswered too many crucial questions about the possibility of further fossil fuel carveouts and the exact timing of its entry into force.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Climat : Pour un retrait européen coordonné du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie
CNCD 11.11.11 | 14-Sep-2022
La version réformée du traité comporte des avancées qui ne sont toutefois pas suffisantes pour répondre à l’urgence climatique.
keywords: Belgium , climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Sortir du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie pour faire face à l’urgence climatique
Le Soir | 13-Sep-2022
Les tribunaux d’arbitrage du TCE sont au-dessus des législations nationales, des droits humains ainsi que des autres traités internationaux, comme l’Accord de Paris sur le climat. Il faut mettre un terme à cette situation ubuesque.
keywords: Belgium , climate , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Energy Charter Treaty modernisation text (Jun 2022)
| 13-Sep-2022
keywords: BITs (texts of) , climate , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks
British investors could sue Australia over climate action if UK joins trans-Pacific trade pact
The Conversation | 8-Sep-2022
It’s a portent of claims Australia may face from British companies invested in Australia’s fossil-fuel industries if the United Kingdom gets its way and joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
keywords: Australia , climate , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Investment treaty regime needs reforms to support climate action
UNCTAD | 7-Sep-2022
Reforms are essential to ensure investment treaties and associated investor-state disputes don’t hinder countries’ efforts to tackle climate change.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Reforming international investment law for climate change goals
Columbia | 6-Sep-2022
Existing international investment agreements providing for investor–state dispute settlement fail to advance climate goals and can effectively hinder states’ climate action.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Se suma Polonia al llamado a renunciar a tratado energético europeo
Euractiv | 5-Sep-2022
Polonia se ha sumado a los países de la Unión Europea (UE) críticos del controvertido Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía (Energy Charter Treaty, o ECT), por lo que el gobierno de Varsovia aprobó el proyecto de ley sobre la “rescisión del Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía”.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Poland
Poland drafts law to ‘terminate’ controversial Energy Charter Treaty
Euractiv | 2-Sep-2022
The draft law on the “termination of the of the Energy Charter Treaty” and its protocols was agreed by the Polish government on 10 August and sent to the country’s lower chamber.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Poland
Italia condenada a pagar una compensación millonaria a una compañía petrolera
Ecologistas en Acción | 29-Aug-2022
Un tribunal arbitral ha decidido que Italia deberá pagar más de 190 millones de euros a la compañía británica Rockhopper Exploration por la denegación de un permiso para construir una plataforma petrolífera.
keywords: climate , ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Italy