Since October 2022, seven EU member states have announced plans to withdraw from the European Charter Treaty. Across the board, the message is clear: the insufficient and potentially climate-damaging treaty reform effort is no longer a politically viable option.
The way in which the reasoning of the Rockhopper award expels any environmental considerations has the effect of making climate change interventions considerably more costly
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.
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.
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.
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.
De plus en plus de pays se retirent du Traité sur la Charte de l’Energie, qui protège les investissements dans les énergies, mêmes fossiles, et retarde la transition énergétique. Pour Alliance Sud, la Suisse aussi devrait le faire.
The Energy Charter Treaty protects companies that invest in fossil fuels. A growing number of countries are withdrawing from it, while Switzerland continues to thwart the energy transition.