Environmental Law Blog
Current affairs in the spotlight at IIDMA
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
Autonomous Communities Facing the Climate Crisis: The Value of Multilevel Climate Governance
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
Offshore wind in Spain: an impossible mission?
Op-ed on the deployment of offshore wind power in Spain written by IIDMA’s Director Ana Barreira for ‘Energías Renovables’.
Legal solutions to address climate change adaptation in Spain: Reflections from the first national event of the DACE Project organized by IIDMA
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”.