ISDS Case Map
climate
The next round of talks between the two sides is scheduled for September 23-27. This will be the ninth round since talks were relaunched in 2022.
Fossil fuel companies have claimed billions of dollars from countries through an arcane legal provision that could deter governments from imposing more stringent climate laws.
India has convinced the European Union to include the bloc’s proposed carbon tax in talks on a free trade agreement, said two officials in the know, ahead of a similar move with the UK.
Globally, 2 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) of potential annual greenhouse gas emissions is protected via investment treaties.
The welcome decision shines a light on Canada’s flawed defence in similar investor-state case against Canada.
The European Union will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, an international agreement that protects investments in coal and oil. But Switzerland is sticking to the agreement which scientists considered incompatible with climate goals.
The World Bank has dismissed Canadian oil company TC Energy's $15 billion ISDS case against the US sought due to lack of jurisdiction.
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.
India is likely to ask for a three-year exemption for its micro, small and medium enterprises from a proposed mandatory tariff on carbon-intensive imports in talks on a free trade deal with European Union negotiators
There is an obscure mechanism by which fossil fuel companies maintain their global domination even as their products are destroying our futures.
