http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170320-192330 https://verfassungsblog.de/climate-change-protection-goes-local-remarks-on-the-vienna-airport-case/ Climate Change protection goes local – remarks on the Vienna Airport Case Saiger, Anna-Julia eng 2017-03-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 airport Austria climate change environmental law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Climate Change was brought before the Austrian Federal Administrative Court in the beginning of 2017. The judgement concerning the construction and operation of a third runway acknowledges the current development in the UNFCCC process and, as such, is of special importance and without precedence: According to the Court, the fight against Climate Change and its consequences for Austria overrides the public interest in the expansion of the Vienna Airport.