http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230708-231029-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/intertemporal-freedom-in-the-historic-climate-protection-ruling-of-the-german-federal-constitutional-court/ Intertemporal Freedom in the Historic Climate Protection Ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court - An Inspiration for Strasbourg's European Court of Human Rights? Hong, Mathias eng 2023-07-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Climate Constitutionalism Climate Crisis climate litigation fundamental rights German Federal Constitutional Court Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The climate protection ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe of 2021 is a historic decision. It is on a par with the Court's major landmark decisions such as Lüth, Elfes, or Brokdorf. It updates the fundamental value of equal freedom: Freedom includes future freedom and, as a right to intertemporal freedom, can demand a proportional distribution of freedom opportunities over time.