{"id":22222,"date":"2021-04-21T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/german-constitutional-complaint\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:25:17","slug":"german-constitutional-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/german-constitutional-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"German Constitutional Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22222\" class=\"elementor elementor-22222 elementor-17728\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-842c3cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"842c3cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8618a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8618a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604ee85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"604ee85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Historic ruling: climate protection a constitutional priority<\/h1><p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242612372 BCX4\">The German Federal Government was deemed to be inadequately protecting the rights of future generations. In 2021, in an historic ruling, the German Constitutional Court identified parts of the Climate Protection Act of 2019 as unconstitutiona<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242612372 BCX4\">l. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242612372 BCX4\">Nine young people had petitioned the court in the lead-up to this ruling.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c294f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"6c294f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1131\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1131\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What\u2019s it all about?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1131\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1131\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 29 April 2021 the German Constitutional Court wrote history in Germany and made climate protection a constitutional priority. The court declared parts of the 2019 Climate Protection Act of the German Federal Government to be unconstitutional, after a total of four constitutional complaints against the Act were presented by nine young people. Their constitutional complaints underlined the criticism that the goals and measures of the Climate Protection Act were inadequate to effectively uphold the plaintiffs\u2019 basic human right to protection from the consequences of climate change, or meet the government\u2019s obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":259}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The ruling of the German Constitutional Court reads as follows: <strong>\u201cArticle 20a GG includes the necessity to treat natural resources with sufficient care and leave them in such a state that future generations might continue to preserve them without having to resort to measures of extreme austerity on their part.\u201d<\/strong> <\/span><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The German climate case (also known as \u201cNeubauer et al. vs the German Government\u201d) taken before the German Constitutional Court was based on the legal arguments prepared for the first European \u201cPeople\u2019s Climate Case\u201d. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1132\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1132\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">The plaintiffs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1132\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1132\"><p>Nine young people appeared as the plaintiffs, including Luisa Neubauer and L\u00fcke Recktenwald, who earlier went to court with his family in the People\u2019s Climate Case. The plaintiffs were young people and adults from Germany and abroad. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1133\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1133\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">The outcome<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1133\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1133\"><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW194758337 BCX4\" lang=\"DE-DE\" xml:lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW194758337 BCX4\">Climate protection is a constitutional priority! The historic ruling of the German Constitutional Court in April 2021 accorded future generations the right to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW194758337 BCX4\">an intact environment. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW194758337 BCX4\">The German government had to amend its Climate Protection Act retrospectively in the wake of this ruling. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1134\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1134\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Who was behind this court action?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1134\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1134\"><p>Who was behind this court action? 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