ASEAN stands at the precipice of a watershed moment. The region has the opportunity to show the world how to effectively coordinate as a regional community in support of the competing priorities of ...

Click here to read the full report. ISDS Reform Without Remedy: A Report from the 51st Session of UNCITRAL WGIII The most recent session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ...

The treatment of shareholder claims for reflective loss (draft provision 18) continued to spotlight one of the more contentious issues in ISDS reform. Most domestic legal systems and principles of ...

The right to regulate provision (draft provision 19) similarly drew divided reactions. For many developing countries, affirming the sovereign right to regulate in the public interest—particularly in ...

The discussion on the denial of benefits provision (draft provision 17) proved to be one of the most revealing—and debated—moments of the session. On the final day, Argentina introduced a revised ...

The world’s energy systems and digital infrastructure are undergoing rapid and interconnected transformations. The continued expansion of data centers – driven by growing demand for cloud computing, ...

CCSI and the Columbia Climate School co-hosted a talk by Ulrich Volz on "Reversing the Vicious Circle of Debt, Underdevelopment, and Environmental Change," as part of the Columbia Climate School ...

Public banking of land for private investment appears to have emerged since the 2007–2008 global financial crisis as a common yet under-researched policy mechanism. A snapshot investigation revealed ...

In this week's EU–South Africa summit, the European Commission is launching talks with South Africa on the first-ever Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP). Designing CTIPs to foster ...

Download the PDF version of this briefing here. Introduction Understanding the diverse types of climate change-related risks is crucial for developing effective strategies to address the global ...

New Approaches and Challenges Regarding Trade, Climate Action, and the WTO ...

Phasing out coal power is a fundamentally important and urgent step in combating climate change. Even though coal plants were built with the expectation that they would operate for a certain time to ...