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Congress validates Royal Decree-Law 7/2026: a major boost for self-consumption and Energy Communities, and new rules for grids, storage and demand

On Thursday, March 26th, the Congress has validated the Royal Decree-Law 7/2026published in the BOE on March 21, as the centerpiece of the Comprehensive Crisis Response Plan for the Middle East. A regulation with an ambitious energy block that reinforces self-consumption, boosts electrification, extends competences to municipalities and places the Energy Communities as protagonists of [...]

2026-04-09T12:50:42+00:00April 9th, 2026|Environmental law, News, renewable energies|

The “Dialogues for a Renewable Galicia” conference brings together key agents in Santiago to design a communication and social participation protocol in the deployment of renewables

The City of Culture (Santiago de Compostela) hosted the working day "Dialogues for a Renewable Galicia", which brought together nearly 20 representatives of companies, universities, public administrations and social organizations linked to energy to advance the design of a communication and social participation protocol in the processes of deploying renewable energy initiatives. The meeting was [...]

2025-12-30T07:54:33+00:00December 30th, 2025|Environmental dialogue, Environmental law, News, renewable energies|

The new Animal Protection Law obliges municipalities to redefine the management of urban fauna, feline colonies and companion or wild animals in captivity

Law 7/2023, of 28 March, on the protection of the rights and welfare of animals , introduces a new framework of obligations for local administrations in the management of urban fauna, feline colonies and domestic animals. The regulation reinforces the responsibility of municipalities in guaranteeing a respectful and balanced coexistence between animals and citizens. The [...]

2025-12-09T21:22:46+00:00December 9th, 2025|Consulting, Environmental law|

The TSJC challenges the ordinance regulating Barcelona’s Low Emissions Zone: initial analysis of the ruling and relevant notes.

The Contentious-Administrative Chamber (fifth section) of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) ruled sentence on Monday in a series of appeals filed against the 'Ordenança relativa a la restricció de la circulació de determinats vehicles a la ciutat de Barcelona amb l'objectiu de preservar i millorar la qualitat de l'aire' (Bulletli Oficial de [...]

2025-10-28T08:46:10+00:00October 28th, 2025|Air quality, Environmental law|

We are organizing a conference on children’s participation in climate and environmental issues

Within the framework of our project "Training and capacity building for the defense of the environmental rights of groups vulnerable to the climate emergency" (funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya, Call for Unique Projects 2024), on May 21, 2025 we will celebrate the conference "Childhood participation in climate and environmental issues" . Children and adolescents, [...]

2025-04-23T07:20:23+00:00April 4th, 2025|Environmental law, News|

Presentation of the online training program for the defense of environmental rights in times of climate emergency and ecosocial crisis.

The climate emergency and the ecosocial crisis pose the need for training tools to address their underlying causes and to promote the protection and defense of the environmental rights of all people, especially those who are vulnerable and excluded, and who are disproportionately affected by their impacts. At INSTA we want to offer training experiences [...]

2025-10-28T08:45:23+00:00January 13th, 2025|Environmental law, Formation|

Oferta de feina: jurista ambiental

Perfil demandat: Grau o llicenciatura en dret. Es valorarà formació en ciències ambientals i/o dret ambiental. Es valorarà especialment tenir coneixements i experiència en dret de l’energia, urbanisme, medi natural i litigació ambiental. Característiques de lloc de treball: Jurista ambiental que haurà de fer tasques d’assessorament jurídic ambiental, elaboració de dictàmens i informes, anàlisis normatius, [...]

2023-06-23T07:13:27+00:00June 23rd, 2023|Environmental law, General|

Decree Law 16/2019, local bodies and wind massification

There is a risk that with the reduction of the role of local bodies in the implementation of wind farms and photovoltaic solar plants and the streamlining of procedures, there will be new phenomena of massification in municipal terms with old or weak urban planning rules, or accentuate the phenomena already existing in some territories.

2021-04-19T19:38:33+00:00April 19th, 2021|Environmental law, Territories|

The Law of creation of the Agency of the Nature of Catalonia, forty days later

For those of us dedicated to environmental law in our day to day life, seeing Catalonia endow itself with new instruments to make its environmental legislative framework effective is always good news. Even more so when it comes to a legislative framework that is equipped with tools and resources.

2021-04-19T19:38:32+00:00April 19th, 2021|Environmental law|

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