German activists take government to court over climate policy
www.theguardian.com
New law is too weak and has been made harder to enforce, while transport ministry has not taken sufficient action, groups say
    • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
      8·
      5 months ago

      The law, which has been weakend by the current government, was made due to the constitutional court ordering the government to strengthen its climate commitments. So this one has a decent chance of working.

        • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
          5·
          5 months ago

          That is quite simply a lie. There are plenty of studies, that even just introducing a speed limit on the autobahn would have been enough. There are other nearly free options as well, like allowing municipalities to implement anti car urban planing more easily.

          The problem is that the ministry for transport is moving billions from the railways to car infrastructure, while delaying the switch to EVs as much as possible.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      2·
      5 months ago

      Most lawsuits don’t do much, but a small fraction have meaningful policy consequences. This is one of many