ISDS Case Map
ECT
Energy Charter Treaty
The renegotiated ECT does not rise to the mounting global challenges regarding energy investment, climate action, and sustainable development.
Extending protection under the Energy Charter Treaty to investments in carbon capture, utilization and storage, hydrogen, and ammonia, among other emerging energy technologies and products, could hamper the ability of States to end reliance on fossil fuels.
Spain has initiated proceedings to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, signed by 53 countries and in force since 1998, designed to protect foreign investment in energy infrastructure.
Former shareholders of defunct oil giant Yukos asked a judge in London to allow the enforcement of a $50 billion arbitration award against Russia.
Russia must pay $2.6 billion to Yukos Capital after Switzerland's highest court rejected an appeal by Moscow.
This report sheds light on Nigeria’s investment protection regime and its consequences for one of Africa’s biggest countries.
What recent case law and treaty reforms may mean for the future of investment arbitration in the energy sector.
An international treaty that hamstrings governments’ ability to make climate policy is still in force – and an attempted overhaul has not worked. This is why the EU and its member states need to walk away from the Energy Charter Treaty.
The text of the agreement in principle to modernize the Energy Charter Treaty leaves unanswered too many crucial questions about the possibility of further fossil fuel carveouts and the exact timing of its entry into force.
The ECT Secretariat, whose survival depends on continuation of the treaty, continues to lobby these countries to take additional steps towards acceding to the Energy Charter Treaty.
