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NGOs urge Slovenia’s minister to propose EU exit Energy Charter Treaty
19-Aug-2021 Euractiv
Slovenian environmental NGOs have called on infrastructure minister Jernej Vrtovec to use the country’s EU presidency to propose a political discussion on the bloc exiting the Energy Charter Treaty.
Blockading global Green New Deals
19-Aug-2021 The Ecologist
Tackling trade and investment agreements must be an essential step in achieving justice-oriented action on climate change, health inequities and economic injustice.
XL pipeline absurd $15 billion NAFTA ISDS claim
7-Aug-2021 Public Citizen
TC Energy expects to get 15 times more money, coming from taxpayers’ pockets, than the asset losses it experienced from the revocation of a permit, that was already denied twice.
Corporate courts vs the environment
3-Aug-2021 Al Jazeera
Corporate courts were invented to protect the West’s control of the world against decolonisation. They are now undermining attempts to halt climate change.
Brexit: Australia trade deal may lead to deal with South America, where intensive farming destroys rainforests
2-Aug-2021 The Independent
‘Any policy allowing imports that do not match UK animal welfare policies simply props up an industry the public has firmly rejected,’ says critic.
Outrage as Italy faces multimillion pound damages to UK oil firm
26-Jul-2021 The Guardian
Secretive tribunals allow fossil fuel companies to sue governments for passing laws to protect environment.
Can we harness the power of trade agreements to achieve our climate ambitions?
20-Jul-2021 IATP
Figuring out how to address a worldwide climate crisis using institutions and instruments developed in the past century isn’t easy.
Leaked diplomatic cables show ‘limited progress’ in Energy Charter Treaty reform talks
7-Jul-2021 Euractiv
Little progress has been made to modernise a controversial agreement on energy investments that activists warn could derail decarbonisation efforts in Europe and across the globe, according to leaked documents.
’Disgusting’: Pipeline company files $15 billion claim against US for canceled Keystone XL
6-Jul-2021 Common Dreams
TC Energy Corporation filed for compensation under a free trade provision that allows investors to sue governments if they impede profits.
More than 400 civil society organisations say: Leave the ECT by COP26
6-Jul-2021 S2B Network
More than 400 are calling on political leaders across all European countries to prioritise climate policies, to stick to their climate commitments, and therefore to initiate withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty by COP26.
US$15 billion ISDS claim against USA over Keystone XL oil pipeline cancellation
5-Jul-2021 AFTINET
TC Energy has lodged a US$15 billion Investor-State Dispute Settlement claim against the US government.
EFTA-Mercosur: another low blow to climate, peoples’ rights and food sovereignty
5-May-2021 GRAIN
Emissions from increased bilateral trade in 10 farm products are expected to go up by 15%, compared to 2019, if the EFTA-Mercosur free trade agreement is implemented.
EU-Mercosur trade agreement: No protection of environment and people without renegotiations
3-May-2021 CIDSE
CIDSE, MISEREOR and Greenpeace published a new legal opinion that proves that in order to provide effective protection of human rights and environmental standards, the agreement needs to be renegotiated.
EU seeks Mercosur green commitments by end-2021 - EU trade chief
3-May-2021 Reuters
The European Union is seeking meaningful commitments on climate change and deforestation from Brazil and other Mercosur countries by the end of 2021.
We need to rethink investment treaties to ensure a rapid and just energy transition
22-Apr-2021 IIED
It’s time to reconsider investor-state dispute settlement; inaction risks rising costs of shifting from fossil fuels to green alternatives.
Stop the Energy Charter Treaty
21-Apr-2021 Friends of the Earth Europe
This obscure treaty from the 1990s grants sweeping rights and protections to big energy investors – mainly fossil fuel companies.
Energy Charter Treaty strikes again as Uniper sues Netherlands over coal phase-out
19-Apr-2021 Euractiv
German energy company Uniper has confirmed its intention to sue the Dutch government over the country’s planned coal phase-out.
Oil companies don’t deserve reparations for fossil fuel bans. They’ll still want them
19-Apr-2021 The Guardian
Energy conglomerates have recourse to special courts and legal regimes that they helped design – and they won’t go down without a fight.
ATPC embarks on first ever environmental assessment of the AfCFTA to usher in green-friendly trade on the continent
14-Apr-2021 UNECA
The African Trade Policy Centre is preparing the first ever Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the AfCFTA to guide on how environmental considerations can be effectively incorporated into the agreement.
How corporate courts block climate action
1-Apr-2021 Global Justice Now
Corporate courts are an unjust mechanism that can block climate action. The UK should reject them.