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Investor-state dispute settlements: a hidden handbrake on climate action
IIED | 30-Nov-2023
To achieve the Paris Agreement’s climate goals, states must move away from fossil fuels. But investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) — a system that enables companies to take states to international arbitration — can increase the cost of this transition.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
"Terrorisme judiciaire" : Quand les investisseurs plument les Etats qui tentent de sortir des énergies polluantes
Novethic | 30-Nov-2023
Créé dans les années 60, le "règlement des différents entre investisseurs et États" s’est transformé en obstacle majeur pour le climat.
keywords: climate , ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan
Energy Charter Treaty plans for expansion revealed in recently posted notes
Global Justice Now | 24-Nov-2023
Notes from the Energy Charter Treaty Conference reveal plans for the controversial Energy Charter Treaty to expand to more oil-producing countries.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Undermining the energy transition
Verfassungsblog | 22-Nov-2023
Australia is confronted with three multi-billion dollar investment treaty claims from a mining company, which serves as another illustration of how the international investment protection system poses a threat to an urgent and just energy transition.
keywords: Australia , climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
EU, Germany and Denmark sued by oil firm over windfall tax
The Guardian | 20-Nov-2023
Officials fear secret courts will block climate action and divert billions into coffers of fossil fuel investors.
keywords: climate , Denmark , energy , EU , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS
On how the ECT fuels the fossil fuel economy: Rockhopper v Italy as a case study
UCL Press | 17-Nov-2023
The Energy Charter Treaty can be deployed to expand the fossil fuel industry’s rights and contextually counter democratic forces that animate the ecological transition.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Italy
Energy giant RWE withdraws billion-euro claim against the Netherlands
SOMO | 15-Nov-2023
German energy company RWE has announced its intention to withdraw its international arbitration proceedings against the Dutch state at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
It’s time to exit ISDS: 200+ labor, environment, and other civil society groups urge Biden to eliminate extreme corporate powers from existing trade pacts
Public Citizen | 3-Nov-2023
The groups argue that removing ISDS — which has prioritized corporate rights over those of governments, people, and the planet — is needed to protect policies necessary for a clean energy transition.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Grupo inversor presenta la primera demanda en CIADI contra la Unión Europea
CIAR Global | 27-Oct-2023
Klesch Group Holdings, grupo inversor internacional de materias primas industriales dedicado a la producción de petróleo y metales, ha presentado tres demandas de arbitraje de inversiones. Los procedimientos invocan el Tratado de la Carta de la Energía (TCE) y se registran contra la Unión Europea, Alemania y Dinamarca.
keywords: climate , ECT , EU , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
UK at risk of lawsuits if Pacific trade deal not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics
Global Justice Now | 25-Oct-2023
The UK faces “huge financial risk” of lawsuits if the Pacific trade deal is not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics in a joint letter published today.
keywords: climate , CPTPP , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK