The UK is being sued for £300 million, via corporate courts, for halting a controversial coal mine in Cumbria.
But our government is continuing to insert Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clauses into trade deals.
Now what we’ve long warned about has happened: a fossil fuel investor is 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 held to ransom by corporations. This new claim is a wake-up call: help us push the government to scrap corporate courts for good.