The first climate litigation in Spain, due to inaction of the State, among the news

The first climate litigation in Spain, due to the inaction of the State, seen for sentencing. Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace, Oxfam Intermón, Fridays For Future and the Coordinator of Organizations for the Development sued the Spanish Government before the Supreme Court in 2020 for failing to comply with the European regulation on the governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action . They demand that the Executive increase the cut in greenhouse gas emissions from 23% to 55% by 2030. More information at elDiario.es. The drought already affects 60% of the Spanish countryside. The lack of rainfall has caused losses in more than 3.5 million hectares of rainfed cereals, according to a recent report by COAG (Coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations).

Climate change puts agriculture and, consequently, the Spanish economy in check. They tell it in El Independiente. The renewable energy revolution in Portugal. The acceleration of projects has placed the country chaired by António Costa among the most advanced in Europe in the transition towards renewable sources, which Special Data contributed 72% of the electricity consumed in the first quarter of the year. They analyze it in El País. Gabriel Boric is committed to state control of lithium in Chile. He has announced that the State copper company Codelco will have the key to give concessions to private corporations in the exploitation of the mineral. They tell it in El País, where they also explain that this measure has not been well received by the private sector a>. The World Bank and the IMF, key to achieving the necessary climate financing.



These institutions represent almost two-fifths of international climate finance provided in recent years. In Carbon Brief they highlight that the global financing objective and the challenge of providing funds to developing countries have not been achieved.Carbon Brief they highlight that the global financing goal and the challenge of providing funds to developing countries have not been achieved.Carbon The Urgell canal brings forward the closing of the irrigation campaign due to the drought and the Ebro is restricted. The plenary session of the Governing Board of the General Community of Regants of the Canals d'Urgell has agreed to the closure of irrigation for next Tuesday, April 25. As for the Ebro delta, it has also been decided to reduce by half the amount of water available for the irrigation campaign, which begins next week.