Securing climate targets using corporate contracts

The Haga Blog · Apr 22, 2024

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Companies seeking to accelerate their role in the climate transition are well advised to link sustainability and law, and commercial contracts can go a long way to secure corporate strategic goals. This blog post explains the connection.

Investment Arbitration and Climate Change

An edited volume seeking to bridge the gap between international investment law and climate change law through the lens of international arbitration. Published by Wolters Kluwer. Contributing authors include arbitration practitioners, academics and experts from civil society.
 

Co-edited with Anja Ipp.

Energy Disputes and Climate Targets: Survey Reveals How to Plan

The energy transition lies at the heart of climate change mitigation efforts. A new survey by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in collaboration with Pinsent Masons, the Future of International Energy Arbitration Survey Report, offers guidance to anticipate and mitigate those risks for companies and counsel participating in energy transition projects. This blog post offers an analysis of the report.

Co-authored with Michael Mcilwrath, MDisputes.

Energy Charter Treaty and the Paris Agreement - friends or foes?

European Investment Law and Arbitration Review (Volume 7) · Dec 22, 2022

Article analyzing the findings of a survey conducted by Climate Change Counsel.

The Energy Charter Treaty and Climate Change: The Need for a Closer Look

arbitration.ru · Jun 29, 2021

Co-authored with Anja Ipp.

Dispute Resolution and Climate Change

SCC Forecast · Oct 26, 2020

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Could international disputes operate as a governance tool capable of driving change in corporate and public policies for climate change? Maybe. As climate change litigation is on the increase globally, this development is worth analyzing from an international arbitration perspective.

ISDS Reform and Climate Change

SCC Forecast · Mar 12, 2020

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Could Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) reform be used as a vehicle for change and climate change action? Given the investment needed to achieve climate change targets, we should carefully consider how ISDS reform might align with, and even advance, global climate change objectives.

New Arbitration Frontiers: Climate Change

ICCA Congress Series No. 20 Sydney 2018 · Oct 1, 2019

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The ICCA Congress Series includes every paper presented at an ICCA Congress since 1982. This paper was presented in Sydney 2018, analyzing the role of international arbitration in climate change mitigation and adaptation contexts.

Climate Disputes and Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector: Bridging the Enforceability Gap

Chapter in International Arbitration in the Energy Sector (Oxford University Press).