Study: Two gigatonnes of CO2 a year protected by investment treaties

James Murray
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Study: Two gigatonnes of CO2 a year protected by investment treaties

New report from E3G accuses investment treaties and investor-state dispute settlement of hampering the global clean energy transition

The UK and EU may have recently quit the Energy Charter Treaty over fears the accord was protecting fossil fuel interests and undermining the net zero transition, but a host of investment treaties remain...

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