Disputes related to environmental protection and, more recently, also climate change have played a major role in the history of WTO dispute settlement. The balancing of trade and non-trade concerns may be further put to the test with the gradual strengthening of climate action. Although an...

Die globale Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise bietet neben den Risiken auch eine Chance: die ökologische Umgestaltung der Weltwirtschaft - den Green New Deal, den führende Ökonomen zusammen mit namhaften Politikern und internationalen Organisationen fordern. Die WTO kann als eine der...

When the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in 2005, it formed one of the first international agreements that specifically aimed at enlisting private actors (most often foreign investors) to set up green development projects in...

Can economic development and the fight against climate change be integrated successfully? What role, if any, does international investment law play in global climate governance? Can foreign direct investments (FDI) be tools in the struggle against climate change? What types of claims have...