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Shut down fossil fuel production sites early to avoid climate chaos, says study
The Guardian | 17-May-2022
One of the biggest barriers will be the legal infrastructure that oil and gas companies and some coal companies have constructed to defend their investments, through treaties like the energy charter treaty.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Face à l’impasse de la réforme du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie, on se mobilise !
CNCD 11.11.11 | 12-May-2022
Du 16 au 20 mai 2022 a lieu le dernier cycle de négociations sur la modernisation du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie (TCE) avant la Conférence ministérielle ad hoc du 24 juin, où l’objectif sera de conclure un accord politique sur la réforme en cours.
keywords: actions | resistance , Belgium , climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS
La transición energética puede generar arbitrajes por 340.000 millones de dólares
CIAR Global | 10-May-2022
Un estudio advierte de que “La acción mundial contra el cambio climático podría generar más de 340.000 millones de dólares en reclamaciones legales de los inversores en petróleo y gas“.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Climate change and investor-state dispute settlement
Jones Day | 6-May-2022
ISDS is likely to be an increasingly important avenue for the resolution of climate change disputes.
keywords: climate , corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS
How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to save the climate – and cost countries billions
The Conversation | 6-May-2022
We estimate that countries would face up to $340 billion in legal and financial risks for canceling fossil fuel projects that are subject to treaties with ISDS clauses.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Taking equity into account in international and domestic legal frameworks on compensation for climate change and the energy transition
CCSI | 4-May-2022
In the context of investment treaties and arbitration, states should not put private arbitrators in the driver’s seat on issues of valuation of fossil fuel assets and compensation.
keywords: climate , energy , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Plantan un dinosaurio gigante ante el Congreso para denunciar el «lavado verde» de los combustibles fósiles
EFE Verde | 28-Apr-2022
Ecologistas en Acción se ha manifestado frente al Congreso de los Diputados denunciando el «lavado verde» de los combustibles fósiles y el Tratado de la Carta de la Energía.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain , video
Energy Charter Treaty fundamentally incompatible with EU law, study finds
Client Earth | 27-Apr-2022
Withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is the only realistic way for the European Union to fix the outdated treaty’s incompatibility with the EU’s own laws, a new in-depth legal study has found.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Climate change expert report warns that ISDS can block climate action
AFTINET | 6-Apr-2022
For the first time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that climate action is being jeopardised by trade agreements which give global corporations the right to sue governments.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS
La sexta revisión del IPCC podría ser la última posibilidad de limitar el calentamiento global en 1,5 ºC
Ecologistas en Acción | 5-Apr-2022
El informe recoge como el mecanismo de solución de controversias entre inversores y Estados (ISDS, por sus siglas en inglés) es un gran obstáculo para las medidas de mitigación climática.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS