ISDS Case Map
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The global rush for critical minerals, driven by the demand for renewable energy technologies, has intensified competition among major powers seeking to secure control over emerging “green” value chains.
British taxpayers could be forced to pay up to £300 million in compensation to the backers of a cancelled West Cumbrian coal mine.
One of the delaying issues, Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), came through clearly in the scientific discussions. In theory, ISDS protects investors against unfair treatment. In practice, it has often been used by fossil fuel companies to resist climate action.
Governments need to be able to regulate to meet their domestic policy goals or internationally recognised sustainable development goals. That necessarily means that sometimes hard decisions will need to be taken which will affect foreign investments on their soil.
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) commends Colombia for its leadership in advancing discussions over investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in recent weeks.
The US - Bangladesh agreement risks locking Bangladesh into costly LNG dependency, potentially undermining its renewable energy goals and energy security, especially given current renewables capacity of just 1,743 MW—mostly reliant on Chinese solar tech.
The ASEAN-Canada FTA is one of the agreements currently being negotiated that includes an investment protection chapter with an ISDS mechanism. This briefing note summarizes the October 2025 webinar, “Unpacking the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (external link)
”, which examined the impact of ISDS and highlighted Canadian mining practices through emblematic ISDS cases.
Une nouvelle étude d'Alliance Sud et Public Eye montre que les émissions de CO2e liées à l’accord pourraient augmenter de 112 % rien que pour les produits agricoles.
Australia and 56 other governments, representing around one third of global GDP, met last week in Santa Marta, Colombia, and agreed to map out practical ways to phase out fossil fuels at the first global diplomatic forum to assess practical steps to do so.
Colombia has sent a strong signal about corporate influence over its climate policies as it gears up to host the first Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Can the world follow?
