Kyla Tienhaara
Kyla Tienhaara is an associate professor at Queen’s University in Canada, specializing in international environmental law and policy. She has commented on the dynamics of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases, discussing how they often pit the need for rapid transitions to clean energy against the rights of local communities to reject potentially harmful mining projects, reflecting the complex relationship between environmental protection and economic development.
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Kyla Tienhaara, an associate professor at the School of Environmental Studies at Queen’s University in Canada, says countries are afraid of implementing environmentally friendly policies because they can’t afford the cost of ISDS.
Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels | Investor-state dispute settlement
United Kingdom· 2025-03-06
Kyla Tienhaara argues that local communities and governments should have the right to reject mining projects that threaten ecosystems.
Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bn | Investor-state dispute settlementUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-05
