全球气候治理与国际投资法的应对

Global Climate Governance and the Response of International Investment Law

当前世界范围的气候变化需要全球性的治理规则,在尊重传统国际气候变化规则的同时,发达国家也应当在气候融资和资本输出方面作出贡献以增加减缓气候变化所需要的技术和资金。但是这种气候友好型投资的实施有时会导致国家承担的投资保护义务和气候变化义务发生冲突,故需要制定合理平衡投资者和东道国权益保护的国际投资规则。国际投资协定相关条款可以根据气候变化的情况作出某些修改,譬如加强缔约国的管制权、增加例外条款以及强化投资的可持续发展目标等,国际投资仲裁庭也应当从保护全球公共利益的角度出发,合理处理投资者保护和气候变化应对措施之间的关系,从而有助于全球气候治理的进一步发展。

The global climate change in the world needs global climate governance. The developed countries should provide financial and technological assistance necessary for the developing and least- developed countries to mitigate the climate change while respecting the traditional international climate change regulations. But in some ways, this climate-friendly investment would lead to the conflict between climate change mitigation commitments and foreign investment protection obligations by the host state, so it is necessary to balance the rights of investors and the interests of the host states through the formulation and amendment of international investment rules, such as strengthening the host states＇right to regulate, consolidating the substantial development goal of the investment, incorporating climate change exception, and etc. International investor-state arbitration tribunals should also promote the aim of climate change mitigation in their awards through the protection of climate-friendly investment and public interests.