Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law

Front Matter
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Contents
List of contributors
1. International investment law and the environment: introduction
Part I: Environmental issues and investment law
2. Foreign investment and the environment in international law: current trends
3. Sustainable development and international investment law
4. Water and investment
5. Combating climate change through the promotion of green investment: from Kyoto to Paris without regime-specific dispute settlement
6. International investment law and biodiversity
7. Environment and human rights in an investment law frame
Part II: Disputes, procedure and practice in the field
8. Treatment standards in environment-related investor-state disputes
9. Procedural issues and innovations in environment-related investor-state disputes
10. The use of science in environment-related investor-state arbitration
11. Green multilateralism: ‘mega FTAs’ and the changing interface between environmental regulation and investment protection
12. Does the green economy need investor-state dispute settlement?
Part III: Regional perspectives
13. Going green? The evolution of environmental provisions in India’s investment treaties
14. Stabilization clauses in long-term investment contracts in the energy sector in Africa
15. Environmental concerns and China’s international investment agreements
16. Balancing economic objectives and environmental considerations in new EU investment agreements: a brave new world?
17. Investment claims against Latin American states: environmental protection and the applicable law
Part IV: Identity, critique and conceptualisation
18. Environment, foreign investment and gender
19. Natural resources and indigenous cultural heritage in international investment law and arbitration
20. Local communities, environment and development: the case of oil and gas investment in Africa
21. Socially and environmentally responsible investment
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