3-May-2023
Yorkshire Bylines
If you’ve never heard of ISDS (investor-state dispute settlement) that’s not surprising. ISDS operates in the shadows. It’s a mechanism for solving disputes between parties in cases of foreign direct investment while offering legal protections for the investor. The investment is typically provided by a private company to a foreign ‘host state’.
28-Apr-2023
Capital Madrid
The World Bank has sent a devastating letter to the Spanish government to demand payment of the awards that condemn our country to compensate the investors affected by the retroactive withdrawal of the premiums granted to renewable energies.
10-Mar-2023
Open Democracy
We can’t be held hostage by a 1990s treaty that allows fossil fuel firms to sue governments.
23-Jan-2023
Open Democracy
The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking climate change action. It must go.
20-Jan-2023
The Daily Star
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) submitted a petition, signed by 25,720 persons, urging the energy ministry for not signing the Energy Charter Treaty as the signing of the treaty will affect the public interest and the nation’s energy sector.
25-Nov-2022
Energy Charter
The conference expects to meet ad hoc in April 2023 to finalise the discussion on the adoption of the amendments to the ECT.