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52 Cases found

Regional Court Stuttgart on climate neutral vinegar cleaner

At issue: Whether a company can market their vinegar based cleaning product as “climate neutral”
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Stuttgart
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Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main on carbon neutral hygiene II

At issue: Whether a cleaning product company can market their products as “climate neutral”, “self-recycling”.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main
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BUND v. Germany

At issue: Adoption of an emergency climate program and emission reduction targets for the building and transport sectors.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg
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Climate Activists v. Government of Heinsberg

At issue: The legality of a legal order prohibiting the entry of hamlet, which is to be cleared for lignite mining purposes.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Homeowners v. District Government of Arnsberg

At issue: Whether continued operation of a coal mine and clearing and appropriation of private property is compatible with the German constitutional requirement of climate protection.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe v. Germany (LULUCF)

At issue: The insufficient emissions reductions targets in the LULUCF sector, to achieving greenhouse gas neutrality.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court
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Church of England Pensions Board and others v. Volkswagen AG

At issue: Whether VW’s lobbying activities align with its climate goals.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Braunschweig District Court
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Private Forest Owners v. Thuringia

At issue: Whether a section of the Thuringia Forest Act, prohibiting the change of forest areas for the construction of wind turbines interferes with property rights under the German Basic Law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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DWS Greenwashing

At issue: Whether advertisements of DWS claiming contribution towards climate goals, amounted to misleading advertising.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main
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Individuals v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German legislature was violating its constitutional duties, by not introducing a speed limit on highways.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) v. State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology

At issue: The alignment of new energy policies with the emission reduction targets set out in the Climate Protection Act.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Administrative Court
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Fridays for Future v. Augsburg

At issue: Whether a permanent climate camp constitutes an assembly under Article 8 of the German Basic Law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Higher Administrative Court of Bavaria
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Allhoff-Cramer v. Volkswagen AG

At issue: Whether Volkswagen’s business activities constitute a violation of claimant’s rights, and the company can be ordered to reduce its emissions to avoid further and future infringements of rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Detmold
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District Court Mönchengladbach-Rheydt, Urt. v. 14.3.2022 – 21 Cs – 721 Js 44/22 – 69/22

At issue: Whether climate protests can be covered by fundamental rights protection.
Jurisdictions:
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The Netherlands v. RWE and Uniper (Anti-Arbitration Injunctions)

At issue: The admissibility of intra-EU arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Higher Regional Court of Cologne
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Higher Regional Court of Koblenz’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding grave lights

At issue: Whether advertising on grave lights as ‘CO2 neutral’ or ‘climate neutral’ is a misleading commercial practice
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Koblenz
      • Higher Regional Court of Koblenz
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Regional Court of Düsseldorf’s decision on climate neutral claims regarding candles

At issue: Whether a candle producer's advertising on 'climate neutral candles' is a misleading commercial practice
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Düsseldorf
      • Regional Court of Düsseldorf
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Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding frozen croquettes

At issue: Whether the climate-neutrality statements advertised on product packaging constitute misleading corporate practices
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main
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Verbraucherzentrale Baden-Württemberg e.V. v. Commerz Real Fund Management S.à.r.l.

At issue: Whether advertising on an investment with its positive effect on the ‘personal carbon footprint’ is a misleading commercial practice and/or misleading by omission, when it is done in such a manner that the consumer calculates the ‘CO2 compensation’ dependent on the investment, indicating specific results
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Stuttgart
      • Regional Court of Stuttgart (Landgericht Stuttgart)
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Higher Regional Court of Schleswig’s decision on company’s climate neutral claims regarding bin liners

At issue: Whether advertising on bin liners as ‘climate neutral’ is a misleading commercial practice and/or misleading by omission
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