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Earth Thrive: Has Rio Tinto initiated arbitration over the Jadar project?
Mining See | 27-Aug-2024
Rio Tinto has officially notified the Serbian government about initiating arbitration proceedings concerning the halted Jadar project, under the bilateral investment treaty between the UK and Serbia.
keywords: environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Serbia , UK
Investment treaties are undermining the global energy transition
E3G | 31-Jul-2024
Globally, 2 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) of potential annual greenhouse gas emissions is protected via investment treaties.
keywords: climate , Colombia , Egypt , energy , Indonesia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nigeria , UK
The global laws that help corporations block climate action
Jacobin | 6-May-2024
Companies have long used international treaties to try to prevent Global South countries from asserting economic sovereignty. In recent decades, corporations have used such laws to stymie European governments’ attempts to tackle the climate crisis.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Transition énergétique : quand les multinationales rançonnent les États grâce aux traités internationaux
Le Vent Se Lève | 6-May-2024
Dès l’indépendance des anciennes colonies européennes, les grandes entreprises extractivistes ont mis en œuvre des mécanismes pour y préserver leurs intérêts économiques.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
New Pacific trade deal carries few benefits for the UK
Comment Central | 18-Mar-2024
Given the breadth of the policy areas that CPTPP accession will impact upon, how can UK membership have been subject to so little public debate? The answer is that the structures via which trade deals are negotiated and ratified are opaque and undemocratic.
keywords: CPTPP , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , UK
Le Royaume-Uni se retire du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie
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.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
How people power forced the UK to leave the Energy Charter Treaty
Global Justice Now | 27-Feb-2024
On 22 February 2024 the UK announced it will leave the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy , UK
UK Lawmakers Slam ‘Lack of Clarity’ on Major Trade Deal Benefits
Bloomberg | 19-Feb-2024
British lawmakers said the benefits of the UK’s accession to a major trans-Pacific trading bloc are unclear
keywords: CPTPP , food safety | SPS , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Mineras británicas piden consulta con México por violaciones al tratado bilateral
El Diario | 27-Nov-2023
Por la supuesta revocación de concesiones mineras para el proyecto Litio Sonora, Cadence Minerals y su subsidiaria REM México Limited (RMML) emitió una solicitud de consultas y negociaciones al Gobierno de México, informó este jueves la compañía en un comunicado la compañía minera de origen británico.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , UK
Cadence Minerals Plc – Sonora lithium investment update – Request for treaty negotiations with Mexico
Cadence Minerals | 21-Nov-2023
Cadence Minerals and its subsidiary REM Mexico Limited have issued a request for consultations and negotiations to the Government of Mexico under the United Kingdom-Mexico Bilateral Investment Treaty.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , UK