Climate Change Law

Coordinated Action between the State, Autonomous Communities, and Municipalities: Key Factor in Addressing the Climate Crisis

The autonomous communities (AC) and municipalities are fundamental actors in fulfilling Spain’s climate change and energy transition commitments at the international level.

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IIDMA Files Legal Action Before Asturias High Court: Regional Government Allows ArcelorMittal to Exceed Pollution Limits

The International Institute for Law and Environment argues that the Gijón steelworks, owned by ArcelorMittal, operates in violation of current environmental legislation.

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IIDMA organises a conference to bring science and politics together in the Spanish Parliament

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’.

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Ana Barreira (IIDMA): ”There are cases that are strategic because they raise awareness, but the judicial process should not be the only legal response to confront the climate crisis”

The ECHR has condemned Switzerland for its ‘critical gaps’ in addressing the climate crisis in the case ‘Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and others vs. Switzerland’.

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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”.

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The Spanish NECP has room for improvement, says IIDMA

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.

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