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, Singles 24-25|

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, Singles 24-25|

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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