Investment disputes: supporting and undermining climate action

Authors
Publication date 2025
Host editors
  • B. Martinez Romera
  • L. Nordlander
  • A. Monti
  • J.E. Ritter
Book title Human Rights and Investment Law for Climate Change
ISBN
  • 9781035310081
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781035310098
  • 9781035377183
Chapter 6
Pages (from-to) 87-106
Number of pages 20
Publisher Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES)
Abstract This chapter presents a critical assessment of the complex role of investment disputes in relation to climate action. First, it sheds light on the factors that determine that an investment dispute is relevant from a climate change perspective. Subsequently, it proposes a taxonomy of investment disputes based on their positive or negative contribution to climate action. Finally, the chapter identifies the main substantive and procedural obstacles that impede Investor-State Dispute Settlement from yielding outcomes that are conducive to the achievement of global climate goals.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035310098.00013
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