The Constitution Speaks in the Future Tense - On the Constitutional Complaints Against the Federal Climate Change Act
Saiger, Anna-Julia
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2021
Verfassungsblog
2021-04-29
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Who ought to decide on climate issues? Now, the Constitutional Court has decided. It held that the provisions of the Federal Climate Protection Act are “incompatible with fundamental rights insofar as they lack sufficient specifications for further emission reductions from 2031 onwards”. This decision is extraordinary in many ways: in its interpretation of the constitutional obligation to protect the environment (art. 20a of the Basic Law) as much as in its commitment to international cooperation and international law in climate issues. From this decision on, the German constitution will speak in the future tense.
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Saiger, Anna-Julia
Bundesverfassungsgericht
climate change
Klimaschutz
Right to Environment
342
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-constitution-speaks-in-the-future-tense/
Verfassungsblog
2366-7044
Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
10.17176/20210429-221250-0
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10.17176/20210429-221250-0
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