The European Economic and Social Committee plenary has adopted an opinion urging the EU to reach a binding deal with non-EU states to neutralize the Energy Charter Treaty’s (ECT) ‘sunset clause.’
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🌍 To stop #climatechange and cut exposure to volatile energy markets, some Govs are phasing out oil/gas production. But what if investors sue?
@iisd.org research sets out how Govs can design phase-outs to minimize risk of #ISDS claims—our new blog unpacks:
www.iisd.org/articles/pol...
Since this is back…
Unfortunately, academic inflation and toxic productivity culture has all but done away with this. The effects of this on science advancement will be seen for generations. Slowing down and thinking deeply is essential to solve complex problems and it’s undervalued at every level
🔎 New @theguardian.com analysis by Phoebe Weston and @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social finds that "fossil fuel and mining firms have won $92bn of public money from states" through #ISDS lawsuits 👇
Do participate in our new survey on investment treaties! We want to know your views!
It was a lot of fun working on this Q&A explainer about investment treaties and #ISDS reform.
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