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Australia is confronted with three multi-billion dollar investment treaty claims from a mining company. The basis for two of the claims is a judgment from the Queensland Land Court, in which the court recommended that no mining lease and environmental authority should be granted to a subsidiary of the claimant for its coal mine. The investment treaty arbitration serves as another illustration of how the international investment protection system poses a threat to an urgent and just energy transition. In this blog post, I explain the background of the investment treaty claim, the decision of the Queensland Land Court, and argue that the Court's decision is an important precedent for the connection between coal, climate change, and human rights.

In Reconsidering REDD+: Authority, Power and Law in the Green Economy, Julia Dehm provides a critical analysis of how the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme operates to reorganise social relations and to establish new forms of global authority over forests in the Global South, in ways that benefit the interests of some actors while further marginalising others. In accessible prose that draws on interdisciplinary insights, Dehm demonstrates how, through the creation of new legal relations, including property rights and contractual obligations, new forms of transnational authority over forested areas in the Global South are being constituted. This important work should be read by anyone interested in a critical analysis of international climate law and policy that offers insights into questions of political economy, power, and unequal authority.

Private regulatory initiatives, human rights, and supply chain capitalism / Daniel Brinks, Julia Dehm, Karen Engle, and Kate Taylor -- Closing gaps in the chain : regulating respect for human rights in global supply chains and the role of multi-stakeholder initiatives / Justine Nolan -- The Kimberley Process certification scheme and the continuation of "conflict diamonds" / Farai Maguwu -- Reforming commodity certification systems to respect indigenous peoples' rights : prospects for the Forestry Stewardship Council and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil / Marcus Colchester -- What difference can certification regimes make? The Mapuche People's claims for autonomy and the forestry industry in Southern Chile / Charles R. Hale and José Aylwin -- Sustainability certification and controversies surrounding palm oil expansion in Guatemala / Geisselle Vanessa Sánchez Monge -- Assessing feasibility for worker-driven social responsibility programs / Sean Sellers -- From public relations to enforceable agreements : the Bangladesh Accord as a model for supply chain accountability / Jessica Champagne -- Transformation through transparency : human rights and corporate responsibilities in the global food system / Erika George -- Reflections on labor standards in global supply chains : innovation and scalability / James J. Brudney -- Situating human rights approaches to corporate accountability in the political economy of supply chain capitalism / Dan Danielsen -- Taking consumers seriously : public regulatory tools of accountability / Lauren Fielder -- Private regulatory initiatives and beyond : lessons and reflections / Daniel Brinks, Julia Dehm, Karen Engle, and Kate Taylor.