Germany Archives - Climate Change Litigation

5 Cases found

Friends of the Earth Germany, Association of Solar Supporters, and Others v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German government violated plaintiffs’ fundamental rights by failing to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction goals

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Federal Constitutional Court

Family Farmers and Greenpeace Germany v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German Federal Government violated plaintiffs constitutional rights and EU law through insufficient action to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Berlin
  - Administrative Court

Lliuya v. RWE AG

At issue: Liability of greenhouse gas emitter for harms arising in different jurisdiction from warming effects of climate change

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Essen
  - Higher Regional Court

Miersch/Maxeiner v. Federal Ministry for Environment

At issue: Challenge to Ministry’s public characterization of two journalists as “climate change skeptics”

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Halle
  - Administrative Court

German Federation for Environment and Conservation (B.U.N.D.) e.V. v. Minister for Commerce and Labor on behalf of Federal Republic of Germany

At issue: Access to information on environmental aspects of German export credit activities

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Berlin
  - Administrative Court