BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20448@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:The first fossil fuel phase out conference DTSTAMP:20260409T104631Z DTSTART:20260413T180000Z DESCRIPTION:For the first time since the Paris agreement\, a conference is organised to\ndiscuss how to phase out fossil fuels. What will co-host\, t he Netherlands\, bring\nto the table?\n\nSince the Paris agreement in 2015 \, most climate conferences have been a\nfrustrating disappointment. The l ast one in Brazil’s rainforest has been no\nexception: the final text did not even mention phasing out fossil fuels.\nSurprisingly however\, Colombi a and the Netherlands proposed to co-host a\nconference to specifically di scuss how to phase out fossil fuels. One of the\nbottlenecks in the discus sion is a set of legal rules and treaties allowing for\nBig Oil companies to claim compensation for loss of income to states\, or to\ndispute their liability for mining damages. In the Netherlands for instance\,\nShell and ExxonMobil are using international arbitration to challenge their\nliabil ity for decades of damage caused by gas extraction in Groningen. Dozens of \nDutch investment treaties continue to protect fossil fuel investors worl dwide\,\nin some cases until well after 2050. In eleven days\, the Netherl ands will\nco-host the first international conference on the transition aw ay from fossil\nfuels in Santa Marta\, Colombia. What will the country bri ng to the table? Both\nENDS and SOMO are launching a roadmap with four con crete pathways to end\ninvestor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Net herlands.\n\nTogether with Suzanne Kröger Tweede Kamerlid voor GroenLinks- PvdA\n[https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerleden_en_commissies/alle_kamerleden /kroger-sc-groenlinks-pvda]\nFernando Hernandez Espino Senior Trade and In vestment Policy Officer for Both\nEnds [https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernan dohe/] Bart-Jaap Verbeek senior\nresearcher at SOMO [https://www.linkedin. com/in/bart-jaapverbeek/] Alessandra\nArcuri Professor of International Ec onomic Law\, Erasmus School of Law\n[https://www.eur.nl/people/alessandra- arcuri] Coert Fossen Chair\, Groninger\nBodem Beweging [http://groninger-b odem-beweging.nl]\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\n\nFernando Hernandez Espino wor ks at the intersection of international investment\nrules\, climate justic e and civil society strategy. At Both ENDS\, he leads the\nwork on trade a nd investment policy and manages partnerships with organisations\nacross L atin America\, Africa\, and South East Asia. He is co-author of the\nroadm ap.\n\nBart-Jaap Verbeek is a senior researcher at SOMO specialising in in ternational\ninvestment treaties and investor-state arbitration. He has an alysed the\nNetherlands’ legal exposure to ISDS claims and the available o ptions for treaty\ntermination. He is co-author of the roadmap.\n\nSuzanne Kröger is a member of the Dutch House of Representatives and\nGroenLinks- PvdA’s spokesperson on climate and energy. She sits on the standing\ncommi ttees for Climate and Green Growth\, European Affairs\, and Foreign Affair s\,\nand is one of the most outspoken parliamentary voices at the intersec tion of\nclimate policy and international law.\n\nAlessandra Arcuri is Pro fessor of International Economic Law at Erasmus School\nof Law and one of the most cited scholars on ISDS and the fossil fuel\ntransition. She has p ublished extensively on how investment treaties undermine\nclimate policy and is a signatory to the open letter from 220 economists and\nlegal schol ars to Colombian President Petro calling for action on ISDS ahead of\nthe Santa Marta conference.\n\nCoert Fossen is chair of the Groninger Bodem Be weging\, the citizens’\norganisation that has spent more than fifteen year s defending the interests of\nthose harmed by gas extraction in Groningen. He speaks from direct experience of\nwhat it means when governments fail to protect their citizens against the\ninterests of fossil fuel investors. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-first-fossil-fuel-phase-out-confere nce GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,discussion,eastern docklands,sustainability X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:For the first time since the Paris agreement, a conference is organised to discuss how to phase out fossil fuels. What w ill co-host, the Netherlands, bring to the table?

Since the Paris agree ment in 2015, most climate conferences have been a frustrating disappointm ent. The last one in Brazil’s rainforest has been no exception: the final text did not even mention phasing out fossil fuels. Surprisingly however, Colombia and the Netherlands proposed to co-host a conference to specifica lly discuss how to phase out fossil fuels. One of the bottlenecks in the d iscussion is a set of legal rules and treaties allowing for Big Oil compan ies to claim compensation for loss of income to states, or to dispute thei r liability for mining damages. In the Netherlands for instance, Shell and ExxonMobil are using international arbitration to challenge their liabili ty for decades of damage caused by gas extraction in Groningen. Dozens of Dutch investment treaties continue to protect fossil fuel investors worldw ide, in some cases until well after 2050. In eleven days, the Netherlands will co-host the first international conference on the transition away fro m fossil fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia. What will the country bring to th e table? Both ENDS and SOMO are launching a roadmap with four concrete pat hways to end investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Netherlands.< /p> Together with Suza nne Kröger Tweede Kamerlid voor GroenLinks-PvdA Fernando Hernandez Espino Senior Trade and Investment Policy Officer for Both Ends Bart-Jaap V erbeek senior researcher at SOMO Alessandra Arcuri Professor of Intern ational Economic Law, Erasmus School of Law Coert Fossen Chair, Groninger Bodem Beweging

About the speakers

Fernando Hernan dez Espino works at the intersection of international investment rules, climate justice and civil society strategy. At Both ENDS, he leads the work on trade and investment policy and manages partnerships with orga nisations across Latin America, Africa, and South East Asia. He is co-auth or of the roadmap.

Bart-Jaap Verbeek is a senior r esearcher at SOMO specialising in international investment treaties and in vestor-state arbitration. He has analysed the Netherlands’ legal exposure to ISDS claims and the available options for treaty termination. He is co- author of the roadmap.

Suzanne Kröger is a member of the Dutch House of Representatives and GroenLinks-PvdA’s spokesperson o n climate and energy. She sits on the standing committees for Climate and Green Growth, European Affairs, and Foreign Affairs, and is one of the mos t outspoken parliamentary voices at the intersection of climate policy and international law.

Alessandra Arcuri is Professor of International Economic Law at Erasmus School of Law and one of the mos t cited scholars on ISDS and the fossil fuel transition. She has published extensively on how investment treaties undermine climate policy and is a signatory to the open letter from 220 economists and legal scholars to Col ombian President Petro calling for action on ISDS ahead of the Santa Marta conference.

Coert Fossen is chair of the Groninge r Bodem Beweging, the citizens’ organisation that has spent more than fift een years defending the interests of those harmed by gas extraction in Gro ningen. He speaks from direct experience of what it means when governments fail to protect their citizens against the interests of fossil fuel inves tors.

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