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Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture

CCSI’s Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture provides an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities of agricultural investments. The program is ...
The Earth Institute Columbia University

Martin Dietrich Brauch

Martin Dietrich Brauch is a Lead Researcher at CCSI. An experienced international environmental lawyer and economist, he is committed to sustainable development and climate action. Martin leads ...
The Earth Institute Columbia University

The Significance of International Investment Law

Read more about Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains The global transition to renewable energy systems will be ...
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Reactions to China’s Cross-Border Investment and International Investment Law

Read more about Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains The global transition to renewable energy systems will be ...
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National FDI Policy Competition and the Changing International Investment Regime

Read more about Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains The global transition to renewable energy systems will be ...
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World Investment Prospects to 2010: Boom or Backlash?

Edited by Laza Kekic and Karl P. Sauvant (London and New York: EIU and CPII, 2006). On September 5, 2006, the Columbia Program on International Investment, now the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable ...
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The Case for an Advisory Centre on International Investment Law

Read more about Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains The global transition to renewable energy systems will be ...
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Putting FDI on the G20 Agenda

Read more about Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains Circular Economy in Mineral and Renewable Energy Value Chains The global transition to renewable energy systems will be ...
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Time, Form, and Coalitions: Reflections on the 53rd Session of UNCITRAL Working Group III

Talk! The 53rd Session of UNCITRAL Working Group III (WGIII), held in mid-January 2026 in New York, marked another modest but ...
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Fast-Tracking the UAE-Ecuador BIT: Executive Decrees, Constitutional Limits, and Democratic Resistance to ISDS

In December 2025, President Noboa signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that ...
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Process & Power Imbalances Exposed: The 52nd Session of UNCITRAL WGIII in Vienna, September 2025

The Working Group III (WGIII) process at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to reform investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS) is about more than drafting legal text ...
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Lowering the Cost of Capital for Climate and SDG Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Today, some of the world’s fastest-growing economies face some of the highest borrowing costs—even for clean energy and development projects with strong fundamentals. This is not a function of global ...