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NGOs call on Government to leave Energy Charter Treaty as new claim emerges
Leah Sullivan | 21-Nov-2025
Civil society groups are calling on the Government to leave the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and reject ISDS, as a new threat emerges over the government’s refusal to grant an exploration licence to an oil and gas company.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Ireland
Luxembourg eco-investors helped sink condemned energy treaty
Luxembourg Times | 21-Nov-2025
Funds used fossil-fuel friendly tool to fight back when countries pulled renewable energy incentives, hurting their green investments.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg
Colombia slams international trade rules that punish states for climate action
Mongabay | 20-Nov-2025
Colombian Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres has called for reform of international arbitration tribunals, saying they’re “one of the greatest obstacles” to the energy transition and favor corporate interests over sovereignty.
keywords: climate , Colombia , investor-state disputes | ISDS
‘COP30 must declare an end to ISDS’, delegates told
Global Justice Now | 18-Nov-2025
Campaigners launched a new initiative to phase out ‘corporate courts’ which are now a “major impediment to climate action.”
keywords: climate , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Defunding the Amazon: mapping ISDS risk from the oil and gas sector in amazonian countries
Global Development Policy Center | 12-Nov-2025
The protection of the Amazon is a central theme of the COP30 in Belém, Brazil. However, efforts to ensure that the Amazon is defended are at risk of instead being defunded—by investor-state dispute settlement.
keywords: Bolivia , Brazil , climate , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru , Suriname , Venezuela
Pressure mounts on UK to join coordinated exit from secretive corporate court system, during COP30
Global Justice Now | 7-Nov-2025
Civil society coalition will hold press conference and side event at COP30 to urge governments to go ‘ISDS free’ to protect sovereign climate policy
keywords: climate , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Climate and Environmental Governance: International investment rules can undermine environmental and climate protection
The Edge Malaysia | 3-Nov-2025
The investor-state dispute settlement system, with its roots in colonialism and extractivism, is not fit for purpose in the 21st century because it prioritises the interests of foreign investors over the rights of states, human rights and the environment.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Gulf trade deal could ‘lock in’ more rights for fossil fuel industry, campaigners warn
Global Justice Now | 28-Oct-2025
UK government reported to be demanding corporate courts as a red line in deal with six Gulf countries.
keywords: climate , from the movements , GCC , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
UK mining case highlights impact of ISDS mechanism on climate action
International Bar Association | 22-Oct-2025
In August, a Singapore-based investor filed a case against the UK government after the High Court in London quashed a proposal for a new coal mine on climate grounds.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Singapore , UK
Demandes d’arbitrage, transition énergétique et souveraineté étatique : le Honduras assiégé par les multinationales
bilaterals.org | 13-Oct-2025
Du 14 au 17 juillet, des communautés locales et des représentants de mouvements sociaux nationaux et internationaux se sont réunies à Choluteca, au Honduras, pour la « Rencontre des communautés affectées par les projets énergétiques dans le sud du Honduras — Sans droits humains, il n’y a pas de souveraineté énergétique ».
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , from the movements , Honduras , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS