Some of Aaron Cosbey’s work on investment law and policy:
“Treaty on Sustainable Investment for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Aligning international investment law with the urgent need for climate change action.” (with Martin D. Brauch et al.) Journal of International Arbitration Vol 36, pp 7-35, 2019.
“Treaty on Sustainable Investment for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation” (with Martin D. Brauch, Ivetta Gerasimchuk, Lourdes Sanchez and Yannick Touchette) Winner of the 2018 Stockholm Treaty Lab Prize. 2018.
“Trade and Investment Law and Green Industrial Policy,” in Tilman Altenburg and Claudia Assmann (eds.), Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences. Geneva, Bonn: UN Environment; German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitk (DIE). 2017, pp. 134-152.
“Everyone’s Doing It: The acceptance, effectiveness and legality of performance requirements.” Investment Treaty News Vol. 6 (1), 2015.
“Bilateral Investment Treaties, Mining and National Champions: Making it Work,” (with Howard Mann) Background paper for the Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting: Bilateral Investment Treaties and National Champions, 18th Meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts: “National Champions, Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Eastern Africa” Kinshasa, 17-20 February, 2014. IISD/United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
“International Public Finance for Climate-friendly Investment: Vehicles, availability, and governance” (with Martin Brauch). Winnipeg: IISD. 2012.
Investment Treaties and Why They Matter to Sustainable Development: Questions and Answers. (with Nathalie Bernasconi, Lise Johnson and Damon Vis-Dunbar). Winnipeg: IISD. 2012
“Climate Change and International Investment Agreements: Obstacles or Opportunities?” (with Fiona Marshall and Deborah Murphy). Winnipeg: IISD. 2010.
“Clean Energy Investment as Technology Transfer.” Joint Implementation Quarterly. Vol. 14, No. 3, October 2008.
“Clean Energy Investment: Synthesis Report,” (with Jennifer Ellis, Mahnaz Malik and Howard Mann). Winnipeg: IISD. 2008.
“Clean Energy Investment,” background paper to the Trade and Climate Change Seminar, June 18-20, 2008, Copenhagen. German Marshall Fund/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark. 2008.
“The IISD Model International Agreement on Investment for Sustainable Development,” (with Howard Mann, Konrad von Moltke and Luke Peterson) ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2005 pp. 91-145.
“International Investment Agreements and Sustainable Development: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals,” scoping paper prepared for the International Development Research Centre (Canada), 2005.
“Can Private Investment Deliver on MEA Objectives? The Example of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.” Paper prepared for the OECD workshop Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Private Investment: Promoting Business Contribution to Addressing Global Environmental Problems, Helsinki, June 16-17, 2005.
IISD Model International Investment Agreement on Investment for Sustainable Development: Negotiators’ Handbook, (with Howard Mann, Konrad von Moltke, Luke Peterson), Winnipeg: IISD, 2005.
“International Investment Agreements: Trends and Impacts for Developing Countries,” (with Howard Mann). Background paper for the World Bank’s Report: Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries: 2005. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2004.
“The Road to Hell? Investor Protection in NAFTA’s Chapter 11,” in Lyuba Zarsky (ed.), International Investment for Sustainable Development. London: Earthscan (2004) pp. 150 – 171, 2004.
Investment and Sustainable Development: A Guide to the Use and Potential of International Investment Agreements, (editor and lead author, with Howard Mann, Luke Peterson and Konrad von Moltke) (English and Spanish). Winnipeg: IISD, 2004.
“NAFTA’s Chapter 11 and the Environment.” Commissioned paper for the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Mexico City, March 2003.
“Foreign Investment: Making it Work for Sustainable Development.” Paper commissioned for the IISD Eastern Europe Capacity Building Workshops project. September 2002.
“The Trade, Investment and Environment Interface” in Shahrukh Rafi Khan (ed.), Trade and Environment: Difficult Policy Choices at the Interface, London: Zed Press, 2002 pp. 1 – 16.
“NAFTA’s Chapter 11 and the Environment: A Briefing Paper for the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee.” Commissioned paper presented at the JPAC’s biannual session, Ottawa, June 17 – 18, 2002.