"The Crisis of Investment Arbitration: What's Next?," The 2025 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium Foreign Investment and the Environment: Local Communities, Human Rights, and Dispute Resolution

The Crisis of Investment Arbitration: What's Next? explores the challenges of protecting the environment within the current international investment law regime. It offers a comprehensive overview of International Investment Law, focusing on emerging trends that seek to integrate environmental values into arbitration between states and foreign investors. The panel will highlight key developments and challenges, while assessing potential pathways for harmonizing environmental protection with investment arbitration practices. It will also provide insights into how the evolving landscape might better accommodate environmental goals.