By Yonah Wasik, Senior Staffer Climate change presents an expanding danger to the environment and human health. Along with it, international bodies and states alike have progressively strengthened their climate change goals and regulations. While most climate change cases are brought before national courts, businesses have turned to arbitration to resolve environmental disputes, especially for…
Category: Energy
Russian Invasion of Ukraine Brings an Influx of Arbitration in LNG Disputes
By: Erin Moloney, Articles Editor Liquified natural gas (“LNG”) disputes are rising due to increasing pressures from the global energy market following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, leading to price increases, an influx of arbitration, and environmental concerns. LNG, a natural gas and cleaner alternative to oil and coal, is rapidly increasing in demand. In…
Arbitration and Climate Change: What we can learn from the ECT’s attempt at modernization
By: Scarlett Horn, Senior staffer Multilateral institutions and treaties, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”) and the Paris Agreement, set ambitious goals to mitigate and respond to the rapid increase of the average global surface temperature. Addressing climate change requires international cooperation, leading to the establishment of multilateral institutions and…
Will Arbitration Lead to an Increase in Energy Investment in Ecuador?
BY: BENIN LEE; JUNIOR STAFFER In 2022, the International Energy Agency released a statement claiming that the world may in fact be in the middle of its first true “global energy crisis” based on the dwindling supply of major oil producers. The crisis, along with the push toward the expansion of clean sources of energy,…
Spain’s Renewable Energy Disputes: Renewable Energy Needs Reliable Arbitration
By: Aloke Prabhu; Junior Staffer Spain’s decade-long war with foreign investors over the changes to its renewable energy policy in 2010 continues as the country seeks to annul tens of millions in awarded damages. The story of Spain’s disputes will likely discourage investors’ confidence in international investments in renewables for the foreseeable future. These cases…
The Arbitration Brief 