Faith Betrayed: International Investment Law and Human Rights

Jacob, Marc

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“…Volume loss of the Patagonian Icefields has been examined across timescales: on the long term through geomorphological mapping and cosmogenic nuclide dating, and on the short term by a range of remote-sensing techniques. Satellite assessments of ice loss include satellite gravimetry (Chen and others, 2007;Jacob and others, 2012;Richter and others, 2019) and various forms of satellite altimetry Willis and others, 2012;Malz and others, 2018;Abdel Jaber and others, 2019;Hugonnet and others, 2021). Remotely sensed observations may have limited temporal and spatial resolution or require in-situ calibration, and so can be complemented by field measurements.…”

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“…Direct comparison of our findings to remotely sensed data is limited by the spatial and temporal resolution of each dataset. We subdivide remote-sensing-based studies into three categories: (1) Indirect measurements of glacier mass loss, for example, through gravity-field changes (Chen and others, 2007;Jacob and others, 2012;Lange and others, 2014;Richter andothers, 2016, 2019).…”

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Increasing rate of 21st century volume loss of the Patagonian Icefields measured from proglacial river discharge

Vries

Romero²,

Penprase³

et al. 2023

J. Glaciol.

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The Northern and Southern Patagonian Icefields are rapidly losing volume, with current volume loss rates greater than 20 km3 a−1. However, details of the spatial and temporal distribution of their volume loss remain uncertain. We evaluate the rate of 21st-century glacier volume loss using the hydrological balance of four glacierised Patagonian river basins. We isolate the streamflow contribution from changes in ice volume and evaluate whether the rate of volume loss has decreased, increased, or remained constant. Out of 11 glacierised sub-basins, seven exhibit significant increases in the rate of ice volume loss, with a 2006–2019 time integrated anomaly in the rate of glacier volume loss of 135 ± 50 km3. This anomaly in the rate of glacier-volume-loss is spatially heterogeneous, varying from a 7.06 ± 1.69 m a−1 increase in ice loss to a 3.18 ± 1.48 m a−1 decrease in ice loss. Greatest increases in the rate of ice loss are found in the early spring and late summer, suggesting a prolonging of the melt season. Our results highlight increasing, and in some cases accelerating, rates of volume loss of Patagonia's lake-terminating glaciers, with a 2006–2019 anomaly in the rate of glacier volume loss contributing an additional 0.027 ± 0.01 mm a−1 of global mean sea-level rise.

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Increasing rate of 21st century volume loss of the Patagonian Icefields measured from proglacial river discharge

Vries

Romero²,

Penprase³

et al. 2023

J. Glaciol.

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A Nightmare or a Noble Dream? Establishing Investor Obligations Through Treaty-Making and Treaty-Application

Krajewski¹

2020

Bus. and hum. rights j.

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This article assesses different approaches currently discussed and developed in international human rights and investment law to establish investor obligations. The article begins with a general framework of analysing and comparing these approaches. Next, attempts to include direct obligations of business entities in international human rights treaties are discussed. Despite earlier indications the recent initiative to create a legally binding instrument on business and human rights will most likely not include direct obligations for business entities. Subsequently, the article assesses the development of investor obligations in new international investment treaties and through the interpretation and application of existing international investment agreements. Arguably, the former will not lead to binding obligations in the foreseeable future and the latter rests on methodologically questionable grounds. Consequently, the article suggests that the way forward will require domestic legislation in host and home states to establish investor obligations which can be taken into account when interpreting existing investment treaty clauses requiring the investor to adhere to domestic law. This would reflect recent trends both in investment law reforms as well as the business and human rights movement.

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Faith Betrayed: International Investment Law and Human Rights

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Increasing rate of 21st century volume loss of the Patagonian Icefields measured from proglacial river discharge

Increasing rate of 21st century volume loss of the Patagonian Icefields measured from proglacial river discharge

A Nightmare or a Noble Dream? Establishing Investor Obligations Through Treaty-Making and Treaty-Application

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