ISDS Case Map
ECT
Energy Charter Treaty
1994 agreement allows investors to sue governments for changes in energy policy that harm their profits.
Five claimants aged 17-31 want their governments to exit the energy charter treaty, which compensates oil and gas firms.
Seven tests for the modernised ECT.
Oil and gas investors are using investor-state dispute settlement to successfully argue that climate policies are cutting into their profits.
UK government urged to exit controversial Energy Charter Treaty, dubbed ‘the fossil fuel industry’s secret weapon’.
Protestors will be gathering to march to the Rockhopper Exploration headquarters. The company is suing the Italian government for £236 million due to its refusal to allow oil drilling off the Adriatic Coast.
Global Justice Stirling is holding a rally against corporate courts in front of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow.
More European Union countries have shown signs of impatience with the ongoing reform of the Energy Charter Treaty, which critics say impedes efforts to phase out fossil fuels, according to leaked diplomatic cables.
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.
