Hi <<First Name>>,
Quick reminder about our webinar on Wednesday on corporate courts and climate action.
I’m really looking forward to the conversation with our allies in the Netherlands and Canada, Niels and Stu, and getting into talking about how we can actually take action to stop the toxic corporate court system. It’s generated a lot of interest, with hundreds of people signed up already and I just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it:
Don’t let corporate courts block climate action
- When: Wed 28 July, 7-8pm (BST)
- Where: Online on Zoom
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The issue is also increasingly being picked up in the media - you might be interested to see this article from the weekend: Outrage as Italy faces multimillion pound damages to UK oil firm
Hope to see you on Wednesday for our discussion.
Jean Blaylock,
Trade campaigner at Global Justice Now
PS: for more info, see my previous email below.
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Hi <<First Name>>,
Over 30 thousand people have already backed our campaign on corporate courts and climate action. Now we want to step it up to the next level. Would you like to join me and allies from the Netherlands and Canada in a webinar the week after next to learn more about this and discuss how we can take action?
Don’t let corporate courts block climate action
- When: Wed 28 July, 7-8pm (BST)
- Where: Online on Zoom
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With:
- Jean Blaylock, Campaigns & Policy Manager, Global Justice Now
- Niels Jongerius, Economic Justice Programme, Transnational Institute
- Stuart Trew, Director, Trade and Investment Research Project, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Corporate courts and climate action
Corporate courts, written into trade rules, are an obstacle to a clean energy transition and to achieving climate justice.
- The Netherlands is being sued by two fossil fuel companies for phasing out coal power
- The US is being sued by a Canadian fossil fuel company after President Biden cancelled the Keystone tar sands pipeline
- A UK fossil fuel company is suing Slovenia over fracking
The UK should be getting rid of corporate courts. Instead the government wants to set them in stone - signing new deals with corporate courts in them, like the UK-Canada deal and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and recommitting to an existing big corporate court deal, the Energy Charter Treaty.
The government hopes to get away with this under the radar, because not enough people know what’s going on.
That’s why we’re bringing together speakers from the UK, Netherlands and Canada to learn more about this.
Day of action
We’re planning a day of action on Saturday 18 September ahead of the UN Climate Conference. We want to build some momentum and pressure on the UK government to turn away from corporate courts in this year in which it is hosting the Climate Conference. We hope you will be able to get involved.
The webinar is also a chance to start discussing ideas and plans for this day of action.
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We hope you can join us - it should be an interesting discussion.
All the best,
Jean Blaylock
Trade campaigner at Global Justice Now
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