The UK has just been sued, via corporate courts, for halting a controversial coal mine.
It follows the government saying in its trade strategy that it would continue inserting Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clauses into trade deals, and pushing to include them in a new treaty with India.
Now what we’ve long warned about has happened: a fossil fuel investor suing the UK over a climate policy.
Meanwhile, UK corporations are using ISDS to block action to protect the environment and human rights around the world.
Governments must be free to act in the interest of people and planet, not be held to ransom by corporations. This new claim is a wake-up call: help us push the government to scrap corporate courts for good.