Policy-makers must navigate an increasingly complex investment governance landscape. Investment instruments intersect with a wide range of international commitments and sectoral policies, such as mining and agriculture, and broader areas, including environmental, labor, and public health regulations. This can lead to regulatory inconsistencies and litigation risks.
Aligning investment treaties, national investment laws, and investment contracts with states’ international commitments across policy areas is critical to achieving sustainable development.
This tool kit assists governments’ internal coordination to improve coherence between investment instruments and other policy areas impacting investment. It is intended to be adaptable—in line with different domestic contexts and priorities—and builds on inputs received from participants at the 2024 edition of IISD's Investment Policy Forum (IPF) in the Philippines as well as foundational work at previous editions of the IPF.