The Role of International Investment Law in Climate Change Mitigation - A Theoretical Perspective
Article from: TDM 1 (2024), in Climate Change
Introduction
This paper aims to contribute to the growing discussions of how to integrate international environmental obligations into international investment law mechanism ('ISDS'), by looking at the issue from a theoretical perspective. This paper discusses the conceptualisation of renewable energy foreign investment as an intermediate global public good and climate change mitigation as both a global public good and a global common. It also probe into the role of international investment arbitration in providing global public goods and protecting global commons. This paper demonstrates ...