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Global Energy Governance – Problems, Pathways, and Next Steps
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Length: 60 Minutes
Energy is at the heart of many of today’s most pressing problems. Whether it is energy demand growth from data centers, decarbonization of energy systems to mitigate climate change, or energy security to protect national energy systems against geostrategic vulnerabilities, one cannot avoid the topic. This webinar will explore the extent to which realizing any energy outcomes requires global cooperation. It will discuss the pitfalls of relying on energy cooperation in the current moment in time. It will address what tools we have available to de-risk global energy cooperation including importantly international dispute resolution mechanisms to give partners confidence in the bargains they have struck. It will explore what can be done to strengthen them to make national and global energy systems more affordable, reliable, resilient, and sustainable.
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Frederic Sourgens, Senator Robert J. Dole Distinguished Professor of Law, Tulane Energy Law Center
Freddy is the Senator Robert J. Dole Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Washburn Oil and Gas Law Center. He serves as Editor in Chief of Oxford University Press' InvestmentClaims reporter of international arbitral awards between states and foreign investors. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books on international energy law, international dispute resolution and transnational law, including relevantly for our program Evidence in International Investment Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2018) (with Kabir Duggal & Ian Laird) and A Nascent Common Law, The Process of Decisionmaking in International Legal Disputes Between States and Foreign Investors (Brill | Nijhoff, 2015). Freddy is an active member on the IEL’s International Practice and Academic Outreach committees.
Abby Cohen Smutny, White & Case LLP
Abby Cohen Smutny is the Global Head of White & Case’s International Arbitration Practice. She is widely recognized as one of the leading international arbitration practitioners globally. Abby’s leadership positions have included: Chair of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA); Vice President of the American Society of International Law; President of LCIA North American Users Council; AAA Advisory Board Member; Vice Chair of IBA Arbitration Committee and Chair of IBA Investment Treaty Sub-Committee; ALI Adviser on US Restatement on International Arbitration; co-Chair of the ICCA Task Force on Standards of Practice in International Arbitration; and Chair International Law Section of Washington DC Bar. Abby is a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
