ISDS Case Map
climate
‘The idea that some trade agreement should force us to overheat the planet’s atmosphere is, quite simply, insane.’
La cohabitation entre le régime international de commerce et d’investissement actuel et l’ambition prétendue de lutter contre le changement climatique est impossible.
In 2015, new trade and investment cases, leaks and texts all demonstrated how trade rules present a significant threat to our environment and climate.
Proposed special rights for corporations in EU trade agreements threaten to prevent the necessary energy transition to tackle climate change according to a new report.
The European Union has been caught trying to undermine any meaningful outcome from the UN climate talks in Paris.
Rival international negotiations in Geneva could outlaw subsidies for solar or wind power in ‘great climate change swindle’
In its more than 6,000 pages of binding rules, the deal fails to even mention the words “climate change”—a clear sign it is not “a 21st-century trade agreement,” as some have claimed.
TTIP is intended to remove “non-tariff barriers to trade”. But the barriers it is targeting are democratically adopted regulations, preventing or correcting damages that would result from unregulated private markets.
Foreign investor protection provisions in trade and investment agreements tilt the playing field in favor of entrenched incumbents and against urgent action on climate.
Global trade deals like TTIP and TPP will lead to an increase in greenhouse gases and negate any agreement on climate change
