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Le tribunal rejette la réclamation de TC Énergie sur son oléoduc Keystone XL
Les Affaires | 17-Jul-2024
TC Énergie et son projet d’oléoduc Keystone XL ont subi un coup dur après une décision du tribunal qui a rejeté sa demande de réclamation de 15 milliards de dollars américains en dommages et intérêts.
keywords: Canada , climate , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
EU notifies exit from Energy Charter Treaty and puts an end to intra-EU arbitration proceedings
European Commission | 2-Jul-2024
The EU has taken the final step to exit the Energy Charter Treaty; the Union and its Member States have also reached a formal agreement to put an end to the continuation of intra-EU arbitration proceedings under the ECT.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Environnement: un mécanisme juridique peu connu profite aux sociétés de combustibles fossiles
RFI | 11-Jun-2024
Près de 114 milliards de dollars, c’est la somme totale que des tribunaux d’arbitrage ont fait payer par des États à des entreprises privées à ce jour.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Biden should end the fossil fuel industry’s secret weapon
Counter Punch | 11-Jun-2024
There is an obscure mechanism by which fossil fuel companies maintain their global domination even as their products are destroying our futures.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
ISDS courts have helped fossil fuel firms rake in $80 billion in public money
Common Dreams | 11-Jun-2024
"ISDS is the secret weapon for fossil fuel companies against climate laws," said one advocate.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis
The Guardian | 6-Jun-2024
More than $100bn of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet.
keywords: climate , corporate interests , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS
An international law framework for climate-aligned investment governance
CCSI | 3-Jun-2024
International Investment and Trade Law should be reformed for climate-aligned investment governance.
keywords: climate , human rights , intellectual property , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , labour | workers’ rights
New Sierra Club report: Trading away our climate exposes how trade pacts undermine climate action
Sierra Club | 3-Jun-2024
Report urges elimination of ISDS Provisions, calls for stronger trade policies to protect climate.
keywords: climate , energy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Historic victory: Council gives green light for EU withdrawal from climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty
CAN Europe | 31-May-2024
The Council of the EU adopted a historic decision to withdraw the European Union from the Energy Charter Treaty, an international investment treaty from the 1990s increasingly used by the fossil fuel industry to sue governments over their climate and energy policies.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Les Vingt-Sept approuvent le retrait du traité sur la Charte de l’énergie
Zone Bourse | 31-May-2024
Les vingt-sept pays membres de l’Union européenne ont approuvé le retrait de l’UE du traité sur la Charte de l’énergie, jugé contraire aux engagements communautaires pour la réduction des émissions de carbone et la "neutralité" climatique.
keywords: climate , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS