{"id":85157,"date":"2024-02-22T12:22:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T12:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theelectricityhub.com\/?p=85157"},"modified":"2024-02-22T12:22:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T12:22:56","slug":"britain-to-exit-energy-charter-treaty-over-failure-to-align-with-net-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theelectricityhub.com\/britain-to-exit-energy-charter-treaty-over-failure-to-align-with-net-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain to Exit Energy Charter Treaty over Failure to Align with Net Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Britain has announced that it will leave the Energy Charter Treaty, which has been criticised for blocking efforts to fight climate change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The government said they are considering the views of businesses, industry and civil society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Britain has announced that it will follow other European countries in leaving the Energy Charter Treaty, which has been criticised for blocking efforts to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/theelectricityhub.com\/?s=climate+change\">climate change<\/a> because its protection of energy investments extends to fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The 1998 Energy Charter Treaty allows energy companies to sue governments over policies that damage their investment and has, in recent years, been used to challenge policies that require fossil fuel plants to shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Britain said there had been a failure of efforts to modernise the treaty to align it with net zero. 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