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Debate | Roundtable discussion

How the Fossil Fuel Industry (ab)uses the Legal System: The Urgent Call for Binding Regulations to Protect People and Climate

Date
Friday 10 November 2023
Time
Address
Wijnhaven
Turfmarkt 99
2511 DP The Hague
Room
2.02

According to a recent analysis by Global Witness, five Western private gas and oil corporations are projected to spend over 3.1 trillion USD until 2050 on fossil fuel investments, severely threatening the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. What changes or regulations could be introduced in environmental and climate justice to prevent corporations from compromising our ecology? What lessons can we learn from the RWE and Chevron cases, which show how fossil fuel corporations (ab)use the legal system to avoid paying fines and compensations for environmental damages? How do transnational use investment arbitration or lawfare to claim compensation for lost profits?

We would like to invite you to a roundtable discussion where we can explore the intricacies of corporate power, law, and socio-ecological struggles informed by Latin American discourses and practices.

Date: 10 November 2023
Time: 15:00-17:00
Location: Room 2.02, Wijnhaven building (Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP Den Haag)
Registration: via email to m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl 

Guests

Pablo Fajardo Mendoza Mayra Piaguaje Bart-Jaap Verbeek Juliana Rodrigues de Senna

Moderator

Maria Gabriela Palacio
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