Galicia seeks a social approach in the construction of its Energy Communities

On October 10, 2025, CISPAC (City of Culture, Santiago de Compostela) hosted the third regional meeting of the COMUNES Project - Solidarity Energy Communities for a just, inclusive and equitable transition, promoted by INSTA - Environmental Legal Services. The meeting brought together representatives of public administrations, energy communities, social fabric, technical personnel and universities, [...]

2025-10-21T10:35:16+00:00October 15th, 2025|News, renewable energies|

Catalonia is committed to Solidarity Energy Communities

On October 3, 2025, the Lleialtat Santsenca of Barcelona hosted the second regional meeting of the COMUNES Project - Solidarity Energy Communities for a just, inclusive and equitable transition, promoted by INSTA - Environmental Legal Services. The meeting brought together representatives of administrations, cooperatives, social entities and citizens to discuss how to make energy communities [...]

2025-10-09T17:18:53+00:00October 9th, 2025|News, renewable energies|

INSTA presents allegations to the Draft Law on Citizen Participation to incorporate restorative practices

The cooperative defends that dialogue, active listening and repairing relationships must be part of the legal framework for participation in Catalonia. From INSTA – Serveis Jurídics Ambientals we have submitted our contributions to the Draft Bill on Citizen Participation of the Generalitat de Catalunya. The objective is to incorporate the concept of restorative practices as [...]

2025-09-10T13:08:30+00:00September 10th, 2025|Environmental dialogue, News, Restorative practices|

Workshop on solidarity energy communities

On July 1st, INSTA will organize a Workshop on “Solidarity-based Energy Communities”, in online format from 9:00 to 12:00. This event is part of the project “Solidarity-based Energy Communities for just, inclusive and equitable transition”. The objective of the meeting is to generate a space for reflection and dialogue on the concept of solidarity energy [...]

2025-06-05T08:28:25+00:00June 5th, 2025|News, renewable energies, Singles 24-25|

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|

INSTA participation in the book “Legal Challenges at the End of the Fossil Fuel Era. Shaping a Just and Clean Energy Transition”

The book " has recently been publishedLegal Challenges at the End of the Fossil Fuel Era. Shaping a Just and Clean Energy Transition" from the publisher Palgrave Macmillan. In this book, relating to the complexities of the energy transition and the importance of having political and legal frameworks aligned with its current and future needs, [...]

2025-01-13T07:33:55+00:00January 13th, 2025|News, renewable energies|

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 raise the need for training tools to address their underlying causes and promote the protection and defense of the environmental rights of all people, especially those who are in situations of vulnerability and exclusion, and who are disproportionately affected by their impacts. At INSTA we want to offer [...]

2025-01-13T07:32:33+00:00January 13th, 2025|Environmental law, Formation|

Workshop: Environmental Dialogue and resolution of environmental conflicts

Next January 16, 2024 we will hold a workshop on " Environmental dialogue and resolution of environmental conflicts ", in the Degree Hall of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona (Campus Catalunya). The objective of the event is to provide a space for reflection around the environmental conflicts [...]

2024-04-21T16:09:40+00:00January 12th, 2024|Environmental dialogue, News, Project Singulars|

INSTA organizes a course on how to combat energy vulnerability through energy communities

On June 20 and 21, la Canonja will host a training course on how to combat energy vulnerability through energy communities. The course is part of the El Cable project, a project that INSTA has been developing since 2022 and which aims to strengthen the link between energy communities and vulnerability. During the two days [...]

2023-05-30T13:05:04+00:00May 30th, 2023|News, renewable energies, Uncategorized|

INSTA participates in the third European mission of the RESPONDET project on energy communities and circular economy in Krakow

In November 30th and December 1st, 2022, INSTA's lawyer, Ivan Hortigüela, participated in the third mission of the project "Regional Social Economy Policies for Sustainable Community-Driven Environmental Transition" (RESPONDET) in Krakow (Poland) ). The RESPONDET project focuses on the green and digital transition from the social economy in local territories and is co-financed by the [...]

2022-12-05T14:31:47+00:00December 5th, 2022|News, renewable energies|
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