Environmental Law Blog
Current affairs in the spotlight at IIDMA
Legal Responses to Biodiversity Loss
Article by IIDMA director, Ana Barreira, on the recognition of “rights of nature” to halt biodiversity loss.
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.
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.
Renewable Acceleration Areas: the administrative challenge of the renewable tsunami
Op-ed written by Ana Barreira and Marta Vicioso on Renewable Acceleration Areas.
A necessary challenge: keys to transforming the steel industry
[Article originally published in Renewable Energy magazine] The steel industry is one of the most polluting processes in the industrial sector, due to the use