Legal Responses to Biodiversity Loss
Article by IIDMA director, Ana Barreira, on the recognition of “rights of nature” to halt biodiversity loss.
Climate Change
J&E Strengthens the Link Between Human Rights and Climate Change at the EU Committee of the Regions
The director of IIDMA, Ana Barreira, attended a conference on human rights and climate change at the EU Committee of the Regions.
Fossil Gas and Green Hydrogen: The Shadows of the New NECP
The International Institute for Law and Environment (IIDMA) has analyzed the NECPand considers some aspects of it to be deficient.
The Upstream Journey of Green Hydrogen in Spain
Article on green hydrogen in Spain, by Massimiliano Patierno, IIDMA´s envirnonmental engineer.
Transforming Industry: An Absent Need in the NECP
The journey towards the comprehensive transformation of the industrial sector is no easy task and is bound to face major challenges.
What are Iberdrola’s plans for its gas plants?
IIDMA has participated in the preparation of a report analyzing the transition plans of five major European energy companies.
Climate rights, under debate at the ICAM
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’.
Climate Change and the Enjoyment of Human Rights before the European Court of Human Rights.
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.
Science is essential in decisions to address climate change: Spain still does not have a scientific advisory committee
IIDMA organized an event at the Congress of Deputies to foster dialogue between science and politics in setting climate targets for 2040.
