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The Climate Protection Act sets out requirements for reducing greenhouse gases. Now a court is calling for more measures from the federal government to ensure that the goals are achieved.
Berlin – The traffic light coalition must sharpen its climate protection program. The Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court decided this on Thursday. The judges ruled that the measures listed so far were not sufficient to achieve the climate goals and thus upheld two lawsuits filed by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (file numbers OVG 11 A 22/21 and OVG 11 A 31/22). In its current form, the program approved last October does not fully meet the legal requirements.
The federal government can appeal and thus postpone the effect of the judgment. Then it would be the Federal Administrative Court’s turn.
The federal government must sharpen its climate protection program
Environmental Aid had recently taken legal action against A’s climate policy and won a victory in November 2023. At that time, the OVG Berlin-Brandenburg ruled that the government climate-Immediate program must be launched in the transport and building sectors. The appeal against this is ongoing at the Federal Administrative Court.
As was the case back then, the basis for the DUH lawsuits negotiated on Thursday were the requirements of the Climate Protection Act for various sectors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the years 2024 to 2030. The law also includes the goal of reducing these emissions in their entirety by at least 65% by 2030 percent compared to 1990. In the previous year, around 46 percent reduction was achieved.
The climate protection program is considered a kind of overall plan by the federal government to achieve these goals. It lists numerous measures in the transport, energy, buildings, industry and agriculture sectors. (dpa)
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