I really learned a lot from this video, thank you Dr. Yildiz! As for States' obligations under the Paris Agreement, are they bottom-line standards for member states compared with standards of other international instruments (like the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment or CPTPP), What's the relationship between environmental protection standards of these treaties and the Paris Agreement?

@pop-uplaw

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The Paris Agreement only relates to climate change and aims to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degree Celsius in this century. There are other international/regional/bilateral treaties concerning the environment. Alongside customary international law, these treaties make up the international standards in relation to protecting our environment. The integration of these standards to investment treaties is relatively recent and follows the raising awareness on the environmental damage that can be caused by investors' activities at the host State. Stricto sensu, the Paris Agreement creates the obligation on States to prepare "nationally determined contributions". It does not create obligations for investors or the private sector. However, by way of determining their nationally determined contributions, States will surely develop policies that will impact investors. I hope this answer helps!

Amazing video dr, thanks vm

@uluc19

2 жыл бұрын

Especially the edit...

@pop-uplaw

2 жыл бұрын

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Great video! I remember seeing something about the Dutch government being sued by some of its citizens for lack of action on climate change - was that purely domestic?

@pop-uplaw

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, in the case of the Netherlands, we can talk about four influential domestic cases. Here’s the database of the Sabin Centre on that, which might be helpful: climatecasechart.com/climate-change-litigation/non-us-jurisdiction/netherlands/