Opinion 1:17 – the Investment Court System receives green light from the ECJ. But does it protect countries’ right to regulate mining projects?
Pekka Niemelä. Photo by Sebastian Grochowicz on Unsplash. Introduction In May 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued Opinion 1/17 concerning the relationship between EU law and the so called investment protection rules of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. CETA’s investment protection rules seek to protect private investments made […]
Delivery destinations and changing markets for liquefied natural gas
By Kim Talus. Photo by KWON JUNHO on Unsplash. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets are going through a rapid and fundamental change. Where the previous era for LNG deliveries was marked by point to point sales from an exporting country to an end-destination importing country, todays LNG world looks very different. The number of end-destination […]
It’s the politics, stupid! How to make fossil fuel subsidy reform happen
Harro van Asselt & Jakob Skovgaard. Harro van Asselt, PhD (VU University Amsterdam, cum laude), is a Professor of Climate Law and Policy with the University of Eastern Finland Law School, and a Senior Research Fellow with the Stockholm Environment Institute. Photo by Callum Shaw on Unsplash. Fossil fuel subsidies strain public budgets and contribute […]