9-Nov-2022
International Service for Human Rights
At the NGO Forum ahead of the 73rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), stakeholders discuss the potential impacts of the implementation of the AfCFTA, on the climate, food security, and the human rights.
4-Nov-2022
Energy Monitor
EU countries are voting with their feet, quitting the investor protection pact despite the EU’s efforts to reform it – but the European Commission warns it will be worse to be outside than in.
26-Oct-2022
African Climate News
African countries are increasingly becoming signatories to the ECT potentially tying the hands of government to freely design their climate policies.
26-Oct-2022
Climate Change News
France, Germany and Spain plan to leave the controversial investment pact, putting a whole system of dirty energy protections into play.
21-Oct-2022
Extractive360
Signing the ECT would give the transnational companies in the energy sector a weapon to re-colonise Nigeria, as it would also be incompatible with Nigeria’s economic diversification aspirations.
23-Sep-2022
Open Democracy
Australia deal and Energy Charter Treaty show why we must be able to hold government accountable for trade.
8-Sep-2022
The Conversation
It’s a portent of claims Australia may face from British companies invested in Australia’s fossil-fuel industries if the United Kingdom gets its way and joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
27-Jul-2022
Investigate Europe
European governments are still considering withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty, despite the EU Commission’s efforts to modernise the controversial pact, documents leaked to Investigate Europe reveal.