Engaging in a close analysis of legal and political discourse, this chapter considers conflicts over intellectual property and climate change in three key arenas: climate law; trade law; and intellectual property law. In this chapter, it is argued that there is a need to overcome the political...

Transformative and accountable climate governance must address trade and investment law. As part of that agenda, there is a need to ensure that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses in trade agreements are not used to delay, disrupt, and block action in respect of the governance of...

The fossil fuel divestment movement has undergone explosive growth over the last few years - expanding from encouraging educational institutions to adopt ethical investment policies to focusing upon cities, pension funds and philanthropic charities. The fossil fuel divestment movement has...