The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is one of the best-known and most controversial of the international investment treaties. The energy transition necessary to achieve the Paris Agreement climate target will require large and sustained flows of investment capital. Scholars, environmentalists, industry representatives, and governmental officials have intensively debated the modernization of the ECT. The main point of contention is whether the ECT can facilitate the energy transition or whether it entrenches fossil lock-in in unsustainable and unjust ways. This article proposes a comprehensive and integrated approach to the ECT, guided by the theoretical matrix of Earth system law scholarship. Our analysis reveals that the ECT cannot address contemporary socio-ecological challenges, but rather it remains a sectoral piece of a supranational economic constitution far removed from the most pressing exigencies of the Anthropocene.

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从地球系统法的角度对《能源宪章条约》的批判性回顾


能源宪章条约 （ECT） 是最著名和最具争议的国际投资条约之一。实现《巴黎协定》气候目标所需的能源转型需要大量持续的投资资本流动。学者、环保主义者、行业代表和政府官员对 ECT 的现代化进行了深入的辩论。争论的焦点是 ECT 是否能够促进能源转型，或者它是否以不可持续和不公正的方式加深了化石燃料锁定。本文以地球系统法学术的理论矩阵为指导，提出了一种全面而综合的 ECT 方法。我们的分析表明，ECT 无法应对当代社会生态挑战，但它仍然是超国家经济宪法的一个部门部分，与人类世最紧迫的紧急情况相去甚远。