The path to a successful energy transition lies not in the current wave of emission-based net zero pledges but in a second generation development-based net zero pledges. Global emission-based net-zero 2050 pledges are everywhere prior to the start of the 26th Conference of the Parties under the...

This is the introduction to the Vienna Briefs on Decarbonization, Energy & Development. Energy transition policy and regulation is an increasingly urgent topic. Yet, urgency most commonly does not go hand in hand with prudence or deliberation. Solving climate problems, therefore, is not...

This second edition of this publication provides an overview of important contemporary issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises for all those who are interested in this subject, but are not always in a position to follow diverse perspectives and what is...

Climate change is rightfully perceived as the leading challenge for our age. But global climate action so far has proved unable to meet the moment. This article argues that the reason for the current policy impasse is that the focus lies on climate change as an environmental problem as opposed...

Are international treaties consenting to the resolution of disputes between foreign investors and the host states to their investment still a good idea? Recent and not so recent criticism of such treaty provisions calls into question whether investor-state tribunals can act as neutral arbiters...

The article addresses the consequence of denunciation of international investment agreements for investor rights. It critiques the prevalent point of view that the termination of international investment treaties terminates a standing offer of the state to arbitrate disputes with foreign...

In late 2008, as financial markets were crashing, the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment launched the Columbia FDI Perspectives. The first Perspective, entitled “The FDI recession has begun,” correctly forecast an FDI recession in the following year. From that first...