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Climate litigation: How corporations fight green policies

Evelyn McClafferty
September 3, 2024

An investor protection regime is said to be stalling climate action and instead paying polluters. The lawsuits hold governments to ransom over green policies, but some states are fighting back.

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It’s been dubbed “litigation terrorism” – a foreign investor protection regime that’s said to be stalling climate action and instead paying polluters. The fossil fuel and mining industries have already been awarded over 100 billion dollars.,  On this episode of Transforming Business, how corporate lawsuits are holding governments to ransom over green policies and how states are fighting back. 

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Transforming Business

It's a race against time and more and more governments and companies are responding with pledges or actions to prevent climate change. This series dives deep to understand just how credible and serious these efforts are.