Trade and investment policy, climate policy

Investment protection contracts are major hurdles to climate protection

Investment protection contracts are major hurdles to climate protection

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Investment protection contracts are major hurdles to climate protection

From / 25.04.2022 Comments Disabled
The OECD conducted a consultation on investment protection contracts and climate change mitigation in March 2022, in which PowerShift also participated. In the consultation letter, we show why investment protection is a major [...]
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Tiefseebergbau: Nicht benötigt, nicht erwünscht, nicht erlaubt!

Tiefseebergbau: Nicht benötigt, nicht erwünscht, nicht erlaubt!

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Tiefseebergbau: Nicht benötigt, nicht erwünscht, nicht erlaubt!

From / 23.12.2021 Comments Disabled
Resistance to deep-sea mining in the Pacific and Germany More and more companies are planning to harvest raw materials from the seabed. Although deep-sea mining is expected to damage sensitive marine ecosystems [...]
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Expensive to buy: How the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the costs of Germany's lignite phase-out

Expensive to buy: How the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the costs of Germany's lignite phase-out

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Expensive to buy: How the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the costs of Germany's lignite phase-out

From / 15.11.2021 Comments Disabled
The Energy Charter Treaty has made it more difficult and more expensive for Germany to phase out coal. This is the conclusion of a briefing that PowerShift is publishing today together with eight other civil society organisations.
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