A written submission from Japan published by the ECT secretariat rejected language on the “right to regulate” and changes to the investor-state dispute resolution mechanism.
Negotiators have ruled out an overhaul of private courts that allow energy companies to sue national governments when climate change policies hurt their profits.
A British oil and gas company is using a controversial energy treaty to sue Slovenia, after being required to carry out an environmental impact assessment
Australian mining firm Prairie Mining has launched international arbitration proceedings against Poland, claiming damages for the alleged hindering of the development of its two coal mines located in the country.
Le Traité sur la charte de l’énergie, signé en 1994 par l’Europe et les pays de l’ancien bloc soviétique, donne aux investisseurs la possibilité d’attaquer les gouvernements qui modifieraient leur politique énergétique.
The 1991 Energy Charter Treaty must be profoundly overhauled in order to remove all “obsolete” provisions protecting fossil fuel investments and hindering climate action, lawmakers from across Europe said.
El Tratado de la Carta de la Energía es incompatible con la consecución de los Acuerdos de París por su protección del statu quo: se trata de un acuerdo internacional de 53 países que deja en manos del arbitraje internacional la resolución de conflictos entre inversores y Estados