New Publication - ConversationUK: On Political "Tug of War" around Fossil Fuels

Is green transition suffering from a global "tug of war"? Gunjan Chetan Soni and I write for The Conversation UK responding to this 🌍✍️ See here:

How big oil companies can slow the green transition by suing governments that ban fossil fuels

Some countries are calling for the elimination of a process known as “investor-state dispute settlement”.

The ConversationGunjan Soni

This piece is in collaboration with World's Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ) friends who were in Santa Marta for the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 (here), held from 24–29 April 2026 ⚖️ Huge thanks to Mariana Campos Vega and Aditi Shetye.

The article looks into a new puzzle for International lawyers around investor-state dispute settlement (#ISDS), and why amidst the "push and pull" of fossil fuels — the draft resolution on International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion implementation, which is to be tabled at the United Nations General Assembly on 20 May is of key importance.

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