{"id":30345,"date":"2024-09-16T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/?p=30345"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:23:45","slug":"german-constitutional-complaint-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/german-constitutional-complaint-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Zukunftsklage&#8221; &#8211; constitutional complaint 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30345\" class=\"elementor elementor-30345 elementor-30344\" 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-child\" 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>Over 54,000 plaintiffs <\/h1><p>The German government has been failing to meet its climate protection targets for years! More than 54,000 people are therefore taking legal action before the Federal Constitutional Court \u2013 for more climate protection and a future worth living! <\/p><p>The Federal Constitutional Court made history in 2021: In a landmark ruling, it ruled in favor of a climate lawsuit brought by young people and obliged the German government to make its climate policy more intergenerationally fair. However, too little has changed since then \u2013 the government continues to fall short of its own climate targets. <\/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>The new constitutional complaint is directed against the Federal Government\u2019s inadequate measures in the transport and building sectors. Both sectors have been failing to meet their climate targets for years \u2013 without any effective consequences. The plaintiffs are demanding that politicians finally fulfill their constitutional obligations: to protect our livelihoods and the civil liberties of future generations.  <\/p>\n<p><b>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germanwatch.org\/de\/zukunftsklag\">action for the future calls on the Federal Constitutional Court<\/a> to declare the following: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Germany\u2019s climate protection targets are inadequate, the Climate Protection Act (KSG \u2013 Klimaschutzgesetz) allows more greenhouse gas emissions than the conctitutional law permits; the \u201cambition\u201d is too low<\/li>\n<li>he amendment to the KSG, which came into force on July 16, 2024, is unconstitutional because it effectively postpones the reduction of emissions into the future and does not guarantee compliance with the targets by 2030 and beyond; and<\/li>\n<li>Specific laws and measures need to be enacted in the transport sector so that climate targets can be met and the civil liberties of all can be protected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">Who is behind this court action?<\/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>Germanwatch and Greenpeace Germany are suing as environmental organizations together with 54,584 individual plaintiffs. Protect the Planet supports the lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p>Our entire team is also part of the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a7baa2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a7baa2\" 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-f9fcbe1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9fcbe1\" 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-a373b13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a373b13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7062735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7062735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17de9d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17de9d1\" 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<h2>Detailed information<\/h2><p><b>The case<\/b><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.germanwatch.org\/de\/zukunftsklage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.germanwatch.org\/de\/zukunftsklage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/zukunftsklage.greenpeace.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/zukunftsklage.greenpeace.de\/<\/a><br><br><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Press release: <\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/constitutional-complaint-2-0-filed\/\">Constitutional Complaint 2.0 Filed<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fbadc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fbadc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac7d80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bac7d80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News and press releases on the lawsuit:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e7562f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6e7562f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German government has been failing to meet its climate protection targets for years! 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