Urgent Need to Advance More Specific Regulations to Protect the Planet Against Plastic Pollution
The International Mother Earth Day 2024 aims to raise awareness about the urgent need to reduce global plastic production.
Environmental Law
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’.
Is Spain legally ready to address climate change?
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’.
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 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 …
Spanish banks do not disclose sufficient information on the impacts of their activities on the environment and biodiversity
In Spain, large companies, including banks, are required by Law 11/2018 to disclose non-financial information on environmental matters.
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”.
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.
IIDMA achieves important modifications in the new biomass plant in Logrosán, Extremadura, to tackle atmospheric pollution
The new biomass plant in Logrosán, located in Extremadura, will be subject to stricter environmental requirements as a result of an appeal filed by the IIDMA against the environmental authorization granted by the Government of Extremadura.
The extraction of hydrogen in Monzón is considered to be outside the law
IIDMA, Ecologists in Action, and the Gas is Not a Solution network have submitted allegations to the project for the exploration and research of hydrogen and helium in Monzón.
