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Colombia brings little-known legal mechanism to climate debate at First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

At the Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, held in Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast, representatives from 57 countries debated, among other things, the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), which allows corporations to sue countries outside of their domestic courts.

Latin Times · May 10

‘Litigation terrorism’: the obscure tool that corporations are using against green laws

Investor-State Dispute Settlements are legal, huge and often hush-hush – and fossil fuel firms and others are using them to hold the planet to ransom

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024

Countries Risk 'Paying Polluters' Billions To Regulate For Climate: UN Expert

An "explosion" of multibillion-dollar claims by fossil fuel and extractive firms through shadowy investment tribunals is blocking action on climate and nature, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Environment has warned, with developing nations increasingly targeted.

International Business Times · Dec 15, 2023