First published on Thu 29 Apr 2021 09.41 EDT
Germanyâs supreme constitutional court has ruled that the governmentâs climate protection measures are insufficient to protect future generations, after a complaint brought by environmentalist groups.
In a groundbreaking ruling, the judges of the Karlsruhe court, Germanyâs highest, said the government now had until the end of next year to improve its Climate Protection Act, passed in 2019, and to ensure it met 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goals more immediately.
One of the complainants, Luisa Neubauer, an activist from Fridays for Future, welcomed the ruling, saying: âThis is huge. Climate protection is not nice to have; climate protection is our basic right and thatâs official now. This is a huge win for the climate movement, it changes a lot.â
Historic German ruling says climate goals not tough enough
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Germany to spend 90% of EU recovery money on green, digital goals
Germany will spend 90% of the 28 billion euros ($34 billion) it expects from the European Union’s 750 billion euro recovery fund on climate protection and digitalization, by far exceeding EU requirements, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday.
“Today is a good day for Europe … Now, we can act united for a strong Europe which stands in solidarity and is fit for the future,” Scholz said as both Germany and France presented their plans for the money.
The EU recovery fund was agreed last year to kick-start the bloc’s economy, hit hard by COVID-19.