ISDS Case Map
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The resource contains visual summaries to help break down the controversial Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism built into many trade and investment agreements.
As the UN climate conference began in Belem, Brazil last week, an official UN report explicitly called out Investor-State Dispute Settlement in trade agreements as a systemic barrier to financing climate action in developing countries.
COP30 showed once again that climate policy cannot succeed while outdated investment treaties give corporations the power to punish ambition.
Civil society groups are calling on the Government to leave the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and reject ISDS, as a new threat emerges over the government's refusal to grant an exploration licence to an oil and gas company.
Funds used fossil-fuel friendly tool to fight back when countries pulled renewable energy incentives, hurting their green investments.
Colombian Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres has called for reform of international arbitration tribunals, saying they’re “one of the greatest obstacles” to the energy transition and favor corporate interests over sovereignty.
Campaigners launched a new initiative to phase out ‘corporate courts’ which are now a “major impediment to climate action.”
The protection of the Amazon is a central theme of the COP30 in Belém, Brazil. However, efforts to ensure that the Amazon is defended are at risk of instead being defunded—by investor-state dispute settlement.
Public Citizen joined prominent migrant justice organizations in calling for the agreement, as well as immigration policies, to be rewritten to prioritize human rights, labor protections, and climate resilience.
Civil society coalition will hold press conference and side event at COP30 to urge governments to go ‘ISDS free’ to protect sovereign climate policy
