Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) – the rule that allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments that take phase-out fossil fuels – is rightly increasingly recognised in climate policy spaces as blocking, delaying, and raising the cost of urgent climate action.
This year at the climate change talks in Bonn, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and our allies are holding a side event where we will explore how ISDS undermines a just transition – and critically, outlines pathways forward for countries to move away from ISDS.
Speakers will include:
- Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights
- Sergio Chaparro, head of the Office of International Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Colombia
- Rhys Pogonoski, Director, Green Economy Engagement Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
- Felista Lelo, Assistant Director, Office of the Attorney General of Tanzania
- Guillaume Long, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
- Amiera Sawas, Head of Research and Policy, Fossil Fuel Treaty
CAN Europe is calling on countries to commit to not signing any new ISDS agreements, and to cancel treaties with ISDS, or renegotiate treaties to remove ISDS.
Read more:
Media Briefing: United Nations Climate Change Conference SB64
ISDS Policy Briefing – April 2026
ISDS vs. The Climate: How a Colonial-Era Investment Mechanism Jeopardises a Just Transition
For more information:
Leah Sullivan, leah.sullivan@caneurope.org