<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><strong>As climate change litigation against both companies and governments becomes increasingly prevalent, is there a role for international arbitration to help solve disputes relating to climate change?</strong></span><strong><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"></span></strong><br></p><p>This November, delegates from around the world will convene at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) to finalise negotiations on the functioning of the Paris Agreement. Outstanding issues in regards to this Agreement include those relating to how it will be enforced—while the Paris Agreement provides that the Parties can agree to accept arbitration as the appropriate mechanism for resolving disputes, the ‘procedures for arbitration’ are yet to be addressed. This raises the question, is arbitration an appropriate means for dealing with international climate change disputes?</p><p>In the latest instalment in our series of News Analyses preceding COP26, <a href="https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/people/pamela-mcdonald" href="https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/people/pamela-mcdonald"></a href="https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/people/pamela-mcdonald"></p>
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Road to COP26—arbitration and climate change disputes
