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Clara Lopez

@claralopez.bsky.social

Lecturer at KCL, Deputy Director Centre for Climate Law and Governance, researching on mining, human rights and investment arbitration

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🌱 Overcompensation in these terms leads to regulatory chill, affects the implementation of human rights and environmental norms, and provides perverse incentives to investors. I am very happy to receive feedback so contact me if you have any!

30.06.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚫 DCF cannot account for radical or Knightian Uncertainty: using DCF to value an investment that does not yet exist (a mine) leaves mining investors better off.
❌ Additionally, the way DCF is used in investment arbitration does not align with Fair Market Value.

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Compensating uncertainty: the case of mineral resource exploration in ISDS Abstract. This article uses the concept of Knightian uncertainty to analyse reparation and damages valuation in the context of mining disputes in Investor–

Very excited to share my new paper on Compensating Uncertainty: The Case of Mineral Resource Exploration in ISDS published by JIEL. TL/DR: I argue that Discounted Cash Flow should not be used in investment arbitration to value early stage investments academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...

30.06.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, sorry this one is in person only. We will have more on the series and will make them online!

18.06.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The IACtHR Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights The IACtHR Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights will shape the legal landscape of climate governance

🌍 What role can international courts play in addressing the climate emergency?Join us for a powerhouse panel on the Inter-American Court’s upcoming Advisory Opinion on Human Rights & the Climate Emergency.

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/iacth...

17.06.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Its an excellent book Julia, I really enjoyed reading it!

05.02.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to share that my review of The Politics of Investment Treaties in Latin America by @juliacalvert.bsky.social has been published by the @jlpe.bsky.social

05.02.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Anna!

28.11.2024 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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