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With Bill C-12 on the cusp of becoming law, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson defended the climate accountability bill Wednesday from charges it's too weak.
Activists advocate for better climate protection at a demonstration last month in Stuttgart, Germany. Credit: dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images German Court Orders Revisions To Climate Law, Citing 'Major Burdens' On Youth By at 1:20 pm NPR Germany's highest court has sided with young activists in a landmark climate case, ruling on Thursday that some aspects of the country's climate protection legislation are unconstitutional because they place too much of a burden for reducing greenhouse gas emissions on younger generations. The Constitutional Court is g...
German top court hands climate advocates important win The government now has until the end of 2022 to update its legislation accordingly. As the effects of climate change worsen, citizens are taking their governments to court to ask for more effective action. Following favorable rulings across several European countries, now it was the turn of Germany – with the country’s highest court recently siding with a group of young campaigners in a landmark climate case. A climate protest in Germany. Credit: Flickr / Campact Germany’s Constitutional Court has called current official climate pla...
Christoph Schmidt / dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Originally published on April 29, 2021 5:42 pm Germany's highest court has sided with young activists in a landmark climate case, ruling on Thursday that some aspects of the country's climate protection legislation are unconstitutional because they place too much of a burden for reducing greenhouse gas emissions on younger generations. The Constitutional Court is giving the government until the end of next year to set clearer targets for reducing greenhouse emissions starting in 2031, calling the current provisions "incompatible...
Christoph Schmidt/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christoph Schmidt/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Activists advocate for better climate protection at a demonstration last month in Stuttgart, Germany. Christoph Schmidt/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Germany's highest court has sided with young activists in a landmark climate case, ruling on Thursday that some aspects of the country's climate protection legislation are unconstitutional because they place too much of a burden for reducing greenhouse gas emis...