climate
Open Democracy | 23-Jan-2023
The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking climate change action. It must go.
Public Citizen | 20-Jan-2023
The State Department requested the $15 billion case be thrown out on jurisdictional grounds, as President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the pipeline on his first day in office, long after the US-Mexico Canada Agreement was in effect.
Grist | 18-Jan-2023
Investor-state dispute settlements increasingly allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies.
Power Shift | 16-Jan-2023
This briefing highlights the role the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has played in the German coal phase-out. It reveals that the ECT has influenced the coal phase-out in two important ways.
See | 3-Jan-2023
France confirmed the decision announced by Macron in October and notified the other signatories of the withdrawal, which will take effect on January 1, 2024.
Basta! | 2-Jan-2023
La France vient de se retirer du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie qui entravait toute politique ambitieuse en matière de préservation du climat. « Une brèche est ouverte », estime l’économiste Maxime Combes.
Euractiv | 12-Dec-2022
After the withdrawal of eight EU member states, the European Commission has little prospect of reviving stalled talks to modernise the 1998 Energy Charter Treaty.
Taylor & Francis Online | 8-Dec-2022
Governments that revoke licenses and permits or take other measures to restrict the development of oil and gas in their territory will face claims from investors for compensation.
SOMO | 30-Nov-2022
The Dutch government will not have to pay damages to energy giants RWE and Uniper, a Dutch court in The Hague ruled.
Energy Charter | 25-Nov-2022
The conference expects to meet ad hoc in April 2023 to finalise the discussion on the adoption of the amendments to the ECT.