Legal Responses to Biodiversity Loss
Article by IIDMA director, Ana Barreira, on the recognition of “rights of nature” to halt biodiversity loss.
Article by IIDMA director, Ana Barreira, on the recognition of “rights of nature” to halt biodiversity loss.
On April 9th, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued three rulings in the cases KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland, Carême v. France, and Duarte Agostinho and others v. Portugal and 32 other States, in which, for the first time, the interference of the effects of climate change with the enjoyment of a series of human rights included in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) of 1950 was addressed.
Op-ed written by Ana Barreira and Marta Vicioso on Renewable Acceleration Areas.
Op-ed on the deployment of offshore wind power in Spain written by IIDMA’s Director Ana Barreira for ‘Energías Renovables’.
The plaintiffs’ claims are based on science, but the Supreme Court states that, according to our Constitution, it only has the power to assess whether the plan under discussion complies with the Law.
Insurance companies must establish clear and determined insurance policies that take into consideration the protection of the climate system and the environment.
According to Law 11/2018, large companies are required to prepare a non-financial information statement (NFIS) that includes, among other things, the impacts of their activities on the environment. However, the majority of NFIS from financial institutions, such as banks and insurers, lack the required environmental information.
IIDMA’s Director Ana Barreira op-ed originally published in El Economista.
[Article originally published in El País] After the arduous and difficult negotiations that took place until the early hours of 20 November in Sharm-El-Sheikh, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), the supreme body of the 198-state United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has concluded. To assess its results in a comprehensive manner, …
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The massive use of artillery and military aircrafts on battlefields can cause numerous fires and damage to the vegetation. But wildlife is even more threatened. In addition to facing harm from fires, wildlife also faces the threat of being poached by the military, the noise of military vehicles and combat.