The Council of the European Union adopted on September 22, 2025, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament, the Regulation aimed at preventing the loss of plastic pellets - also known as nurdles -throughout the supply chain, in order to reduce microplastic pollution. A key step in the European policy of "zero pollution". [...]
On November 7, 2025, we will celebrate in Madrid the closing event of the COMUNES Project on Solidarity Energy Communities. During the meeting we will present the main results of the project, which has developed its work in Catalonia, Galicia and Extremadura, exploring how to promote energy communities with a supportive and inclusive approach, able [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Next 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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
