Tomás Restrepo Rodríguez is a Professor at Universidad Externado de Colombia. His education includes aMBL in International Energy Law (TU-Berlin) and a LLM in Banking and Financial Law (Queen Mary, London). He has a Phd in Law. His research interests are energy law, investment law and civil liability

Provides a groundbreaking approach to harmonization of investment law and climate change law

Lays out an innovative approach to the relevance of climate change in investment law

Original approach to the conflicts and synergies between investment law and climate change law

1. Introduction.- Part I: Relevance of the Climate Change InternationaL Legal Framework in Investment Treaty-Climate Change Disputes: Pre(logical)interpretative Phase.- 2. Iura Novit Arbiter and the Application of the Climate Change International Legal Framework to Investment Treaty Disputes.- 3. Formal Relevance of the Climate Change International Legal Framework in Investment Treaty Disputes: Defining the System as a Process of Multi(syncretic)lateralization.- 4. Material Relevance of the Climate Change International Legal Framework in Investment Treaty Law: Unveiling Climate Change Disputes in Investment Treaty Law.- Part II: Gravitational Power of the Climate Change International Legal Framework over the BIT Content-Inerpretation: Orthodox Approach to Harmonisation.- 5. The Orthodox Approach and the Sources of Law in Investment Treaty-Climate Change Disputes.- 6. Orthodox Approach to the Expropriation Standard in Investment Treaty-Climate Change Disputes: Determining the breach through the Sacrificial-Lamb Doctrine.- 7. Orthodox Approach to the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard (FET) in Investment Treaty-Climate Change Disputes: Determining the Breach through the (Dis)Proportionality/(Un)Reasonableness of the Measure.- Part III: Osmosis of the Global Climate Change International Legal Framework into Investment Treaty Law Through Law Ascertainment: Heterodox Approach to Harmonisation.-8. Heterodox Approach and the Sources of Law in Investment Treaty-Climate Change Disputes.- 9. Direct Application of the Precautionary Principle in Investment Treaty-Climate Change Disputes: Deploying the International Defense of Necessity as a Rule of Law Ascertainment.- 10. Direct Application of the Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities Principle (CBDRRC) in Investment treaty-climate change disputes: Vindicating a Differential Approach to Compensation.- 11. Conclusions.