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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
A peek under the hood: Unwrapping the 2019 Moroccan model BIT
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 25-Apr-2022
The 2019 Moroccan Model BIT is a good example of the growing body of ‘new generation’ Model BITs fuelling the ISDS reform conversation.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Morocco , reformed ISDS
Ousted Pakistani leader as challenging investment treaties that give corporations excessive power
Inequality.org | 15-Apr-2022
Mexico and many other countries are facing anti-democratic corporate lawsuits like the case that pushed Khan to withdraw from international investment agreements.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , Pakistan
AfCFTA protocol on investment draft (Nov 2021)
| 14-Apr-2022
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , African Union , FTAs (texts of) , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks , reformed ISDS
Piden a los grupos parlamentarios del Congreso que rechacen el Acuerdo de Inversiones entre España y Colombia
Ecologistas en Acción | 8-Apr-2022
Más de 60 organizaciones del Estado español han firmado y enviado una carta a todas las diputadas y diputados pidiendo el voto contrario a este Acuerdo.
keywords: actions | resistance , Colombia , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Submission to the OECD’s public consultation on investment treaties and climate change
| 28-Mar-2022
The question is whether states wish to cede a significant portion of their sovereignty to ISDS tribunals, giving them the authority to decide which state measures taken in the public interest are legitimate.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Climate action needs investment governance, not investment protection and arbitration
CCSI | 17-Mar-2022
Existing investment treaties do not and cannot advance climate goals.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Zim/UAE deal now in force
The Herald | 7-Mar-2022
The agreement between Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates on promotion and protection of investments has come into force.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UAE , Zimbabwe
Corporate courts can be beaten. It’s essential for climate justice
Global Justice Now | 2-Mar-2022
It is perfectly possible to withdraw from trade deals containing corporate courts, as former South African trade minister Rob Davies explains.
keywords: from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , South Africa