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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.
Palabras clave: Australia , clima , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , minería
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.
Palabras clave: Alemania , clima , Dinamarca , energía , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , UE
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.
Palabras clave: clima , energía , Italia , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , medio ambiente , TCE
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.
Palabras clave: clima , energía , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , Países Bajos , TCE
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.
Palabras clave: clima , energía , Estados Unidos , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS
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.
Palabras clave: CIADI , clima , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , TCE , UE
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.
Palabras clave: clima , CPTPP , Gran Bretaña , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , medio ambiente
A shadowy corner of international law is threatening climate action, UN expert warns
Inside Climate News | 24-oct-2023
An obscure but far-reaching system allowing corporations to sue governments is being “weaponized” by the fossil fuel and mining industries, according to a new UN report, jeopardizing progress in developing nations.
Palabras clave: clima , derechos humanos , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , medio ambiente , TCE
Ireland must not be subject to anti-democratic ‘corporate courts’ exploitation
DiEM25 | 24-oct-2023
There is a coordinated move for EU members to withdraw from the dangerous Energy Charter Treaty but Ireland is refusing to act.
Palabras clave: clima , energía , Irlanda , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , medio ambiente , TCE , UE
Government revisits trade clause that allowed Clive Palmer lawsuits
The Saturday Paper | 2-oct-2023
Clive Palmer’s move to sue the government in a secretive international tribunal highlights the need to amend Australia’s trade policy to prevent claims that could hamper emissions reduction efforts.
Palabras clave: ASEAN , Australia , clima , litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS , minería