The International Institute of Law and the Environment (IIDMA) has organized this Wednesday an event in collaboration with the Climate and Environment Section of the Bar Association of Madrid (ICAM) to discuss how to legally protect the climate system in a State of law. During the meeting took place the presentation of the report ‘Climate …
On Wednesday 26 June 2024, IIDMA is organising the conference ‘Climate rights and legal mechanisms for climate protection: How to legally protect the climate system under the rule of law’.
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.
IIDMA organized an event at the Congress of Deputies to foster dialogue between science and politics in setting climate targets for 2040.
On Friday 31 May 2024, IIDMA, in collaboration with the Commission for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge of the Spanish Parliament, is organising the conference ‘The EU’s 2040 climate target: the role of science and the policy response’.
IIDMA has analyzed ArcelorMittal’s 2023 Annual Report and has found that relevant information on the impacts of its operations is omitted.
The International Mother Earth Day 2024 aims to raise awareness about the urgent need to reduce global plastic production.
The ECHR has condemned Switzerland for its ‘critical gaps’ in addressing the climate crisis in the case ‘Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and others vs. Switzerland’.
Op-ed written by Ana Barreira and Marta Vicioso on Renewable Acceleration Areas.
IIDMA announced that it filed a contentious-administrative appeal with the High Court of Justice of Asturias, which has been accepted for processing after two previous appeals were effectively dismissed due to administrative silence. IIDMA criticizes the Asturian Administration for its lenient approach towards the Gijón steel plant owned by ArcelorMittal, noting it as one of …
