nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/e23abe15c86ddfe4 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240312s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/e23abe15c86ddfe4 doi eng 342 23 Groß, Thomas Author aut Why Courts will not Stop Global Warming, but Climate Litigation is Still Useful Groß, Thomas Verfassungsblog 2024-03-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Despite the global trend of record temperatures and the increasing number of disasters caused by extreme weather events, the political impetus to combat global warming is weakening all over Europe. Not only far-right forces want to stop ambitious climate policy, but also other political parties tend to neglect this field. To counter those political forces, climate litigation tries to hold national governments accountable to their goals as enshrined in the Paris Agreement. Courts represent one of the arenas in the struggle for climate protection. However, the battle is ultimately won or lost in the legislative arena. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Constitutionalism Climate Crisis Climate Law Klimakatastrophe climate litigation (DE-588)4234460-8 gnd Klimakatastrophe Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-courts-will-not-stop-global-warming-but-climate-litigation-is-still-useful/ raw object