IIDMA has been awarded the Iberdrola Convive Award in the category of Research, Knowledge, and Innovation for its project “How to reconcile the Deployment of Renewables with Biodiversity and Territory.”
The training plans of the judicial school should include environmental issues, in order to offer solvent legal responses to the environmental and climate crisis.
The draft royal decree introduces an appropriate framework that provides legal certainty, foresees the identification and removal of barriers, and contemplates the necessary measures for the development of energy communities, but it also raises questions about which legal entities can be used for their constitution.
According to Law 11/2018, large companies are required to prepare a non-financial information statement (NFIS) that includes, among other things, the impacts of their activities on the environment. However, the majority of NFIS from financial institutions, such as banks and insurers, lack the required environmental information.
The green hydrogen fever is sweeping across Europe, and Spain aims to take on the European leadership in its production. However, expanding its widespread use cannot be pursued without a thoughtful reflection on the context we find ourselves in.
H2Med Project: The New MidCat of Green Hydrogen Read More »
The Beyond Fossil Fuels campaign aims to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, demand management and energy efficiency measures, in a way that is respectful of nature and territory.
Europe can have a renewable energy-based power system by 2035 Read More »
The International Institute for Law and the Environment has presented allegations to the European Projects of Common Interest list, requesting to exclude the hydrogen corridor H2Med.
After years of anticipation, the construction of wind farms along our coastline has begun to be considered. However, existing regulatory and administrative barriers, such as the final approval of the Maritime Spatial Management Plans (POEM), need to be addressed.
Offshore wind energy: a learning opportunity for Spain Read More »
IIDMA’s Director Ana Barreira op-ed originally published in El Economista.
Private sector emission reduction plans: regulating to avoid greenwashing Read More »
[Article originally published in El País] After the arduous and difficult negotiations that took place until the early hours of 20 November in Sharm-El-Sheikh, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), the supreme body of the 198-state United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has concluded. To assess its results in a comprehensive manner,
COP27 represents a step forward, but not to everyone’s satisfaction Read More »