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.
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’.
Last Monday 29 January the International Institute for Law and the Environment (IIDMA) has presented the report ‘Climate rights: Legal mechanisms for climate advocacy in Spain’.
Although it is a global phenomenon that requires an international response consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, the fight against climate change also requires coordinated action at national, regional and local level by all sectors of society and public administration. In order to contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal, Spain …
In Spain, large companies, including banks, are required by Law 11/2018 to disclose non-financial information on environmental matters.
Last 28 June the International Institute for Law and Environment (IIDMA) hold the first Spanish event entitled “Adaptation to Climate Change in Spain: Legal Solutions”.
The International Institute for Law and the Environment (IIDMA) has filed comments to the draft of the updated National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) for the period 2023-2030, within the public consultation that took place between the 28th of June and the 4th of September this year.
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.
