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.
12-Apr-2023
The Ecologist
UK accession to Pacific trade deal empowers fossil fuel firms to sue governments.
29-Mar-2023
Mexico News Daily
The United States intends to issue an ultimatum to Mexico in the coming weeks as it seeks to make progress in a dispute over the latter’s nationalistic energy policies.
15-Mar-2023
Solidaritas Perempuan
Indonesian Civil Society held a protest today in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to express its rejection of the IPEF. In the midst of the global economic crisis, the US is trying to rebuild its national industrialisation with a less open free trade agreement and push for policy harmonisation based on US standards.
10-Mar-2023
Open Democracy
We can’t be held hostage by a 1990s treaty that allows fossil fuel firms to sue governments.
13-Feb-2023
Foreign Policy in Focus
A new manifesto critiques the "clean energy" transitions of the Global North and offers an alternative vision from the Global South.