Topic: Climate change

Iain Sandford, who recently represented multiple states in landmark cases over climate change, has left Sidley Austin to join the partnership at Foley Hoag in Paris. 

25 March 2025

Clara Brillembourg has left Foley Hoag, where she co-chaired the Latin America practice group, to join a climate change foundation.

16 December 2024

A number of well-known international arbitration lawyers have appeared at a hearing before the International Court of Justice in a landmark case about the responsibility of states to tackle climate change. 

13 December 2024

A panel at GAR Live Sydney discussed the evolution of international arbitration in the mining sector, including the impact of the energy transition, ESG issues and the delicate balance involved in treaty cases.    

03 December 2024

A Canadian investment vehicle says it has brought a claim against the Hong Kong developer of one of the world’s largest carbon-offsetting projects. 

18 October 2024

Indian electric utility Tata Power is facing an ICC claim brought by an Indonesian contractor over supply of coal to a power plant in Mumbai – and says it has filed counterclaims increasing the value of the dispute to more than US$335 million. 

20 September 2024

The Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI) has established a Greener Arbitration Pledge specific to cases at the institution, while publishing draft sustainability commitments for inclusion in arbitrators’ terms of reference and procedural orders. 

18 September 2024

Invited to discuss a "provocative" idea in the field of international dispute resolution for the latest 3 Verulam Buildings and National University of Singapore Arbitration Lecture, Philippa Webb chose to speak about double waiver of immunity and its "ripple effects". 

10 September 2024

In a speech in Baku, Azerbaijan, where COP29 will take place later this year, Alexis Mourre considered how investor-state dispute settlement can be made to align with climate change goals, with reference to recent Energy Charter Treaty cases.

13 August 2024

The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations has launched a survey to gather data on the measures arbitral institutions are currently taking to tackle climate change. 

21 May 2024