(Critical) International Political Economy | Trade and Investment Law and Policy | Energy and Extractives | Ph.D.
Today, @somoamsterdam.bsky.social releases a new report revealing how #Shell and #ExxonMobil are using secret arbitration #ISDS to demand billions from the Netherlands, in an attempt to shift the costs of gas extraction onto society. ⛽⚖️
🔗 www.somo.nl/aftershock-i...
📅 27Nov
📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4
📅 27Nov
📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4
We looked at the companies behind EU strategic mineral projects outside EU borders – and found potentially serious gaps in human rights policies and practices. Read the report: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
We looked at the companies behind EU strategic mineral projects outside EU borders – and found potentially serious gaps in human rights policies and practices. Read the report: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
This is the website of the network
marxism-nl.org/en
This is the event on Dec 3
dezwijger.nl/programma/ma...
This is the website of the network
marxism-nl.org/en
This is the event on Dec 3
dezwijger.nl/programma/ma...
It’s long past time to bar fossil lobbyists from climate negotiations!
nos.nl/artikel/2590...
It’s long past time to bar fossil lobbyists from climate negotiations!
nos.nl/artikel/2590...
Groningen was hit today by its strongest quake in years — a reminder that decades of gas extraction keep shaking communities even after the wells close. The human cost of fossil dependence persists.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
Groningen was hit today by its strongest quake in years — a reminder that decades of gas extraction keep shaking communities even after the wells close. The human cost of fossil dependence persists.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
But justice must be at the centre of the phase-out.🚨
📣 Together with an international network of civil society organisations, we're calling for responsible divestment from fossil fuels.
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But justice must be at the centre of the phase-out.🚨
📣 Together with an international network of civil society organisations, we're calling for responsible divestment from fossil fuels.
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💰 Windfall profits tax in fossil fuels
🏦 Withholding tax to curb tax avoidance
#ISDS allows companies to challenge fair taxation of corporate profits.
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social
www.somo.nl/petrogas-sue...
💰 Windfall profits tax in fossil fuels
🏦 Withholding tax to curb tax avoidance
#ISDS allows companies to challenge fair taxation of corporate profits.
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social
www.somo.nl/petrogas-sue...
How has corporate capture derailed true climate action at COP and how can we change course?
Read our full analysis: www.somo.nl/from-cop-to-...
How has corporate capture derailed true climate action at COP and how can we change course?
Read our full analysis: www.somo.nl/from-cop-to-...
What we see:
🚩 Big polluters as sponsors
🚩 Fossil fuel executives in presidency teams
🚩 Multinationals included in negotiation
🚩 Fossil fuel phase-out missing from the agenda
🚩 Spotlight on corporate-driven "solutions" e.g. carbon offsets
#COP30 (1/3)
What we see:
🚩 Big polluters as sponsors
🚩 Fossil fuel executives in presidency teams
🚩 Multinationals included in negotiation
🚩 Fossil fuel phase-out missing from the agenda
🚩 Spotlight on corporate-driven "solutions" e.g. carbon offsets
#COP30 (1/3)
No arbitration clause this time: disputes go to Dutch courts only 👏
Looks like they learned from the Shell/ExxonMobil #Groningen cases.
No arbitration clause this time: disputes go to Dutch courts only 👏
Looks like they learned from the Shell/ExxonMobil #Groningen cases.
Via het investeringsverdrag met China kan #Wingtech #ISDS inzetten om Nederlandse veiligheidsmaatregelen aan te vechten.
📢 #StopISDS
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Via het investeringsverdrag met China kan #Wingtech #ISDS inzetten om Nederlandse veiligheidsmaatregelen aan te vechten.
📢 #StopISDS
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#ActionAidGhana @somoamsterdam.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/bart-j...
#ActionAidGhana @somoamsterdam.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/bart-j...
Its playbook?
- Lobbying
- Funding think tanks
- Media sponsorships
⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it.
www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/
Its playbook?
- Lobbying
- Funding think tanks
- Media sponsorships
⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it.
www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/
Geweldig dat @g-b-b.bsky.social de stem van Groningers laat horen die door #Shell & #ExxonMobil zijn getroffen 💪
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
groninger-bodem-beweging.nl/nieuws/gbb-n...
Geweldig dat @g-b-b.bsky.social de stem van Groningers laat horen die door #Shell & #ExxonMobil zijn getroffen 💪
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
groninger-bodem-beweging.nl/nieuws/gbb-n...
www.ad.nl/binnenland/c...
www.ad.nl/binnenland/c...
Met aandacht voor een groot obstakel voor klimaatrechtvaardigheid: #ISDS
www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx1d0...
Met aandacht voor een groot obstakel voor klimaatrechtvaardigheid: #ISDS
www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx1d0...
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social
e.a. 👇
10isdsstories.org/case/case-9/
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social
e.a. 👇
10isdsstories.org/case/case-9/
That system is called the Investor-State Dispute Settlement - and it must be dismantled.🚨
Together with 5 partners, we've published 10 recent cases of ISDS: 10isdsstories.org
That system is called the Investor-State Dispute Settlement - and it must be dismantled.🚨
Together with 5 partners, we've published 10 recent cases of ISDS: 10isdsstories.org
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
Good piece by @rishpardikar.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social @g-b-b.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/groningen
Good piece by @rishpardikar.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social @g-b-b.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/groningen
@vakbondabvv.bsky.social @abvv-ac.bsky.social @vrtnws.be
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
@vakbondabvv.bsky.social @abvv-ac.bsky.social @vrtnws.be
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Maar via ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemicals BV loopt nog een arbitragezaak tegen NL over #Groningen-gas ⛽️🤔
👉 Wat gebeurt er met die claim bij verkoop?
👉 Of blijft ExxonMobil op papier in BE?
www.ft.com/content/c474...
Maar via ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemicals BV loopt nog een arbitragezaak tegen NL over #Groningen-gas ⛽️🤔
👉 Wat gebeurt er met die claim bij verkoop?
👉 Of blijft ExxonMobil op papier in BE?
www.ft.com/content/c474...
#StopISDS
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ol...
#StopISDS
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ol...