Cases mentioned
- BVerfG, 1979 / BVerfG, Order of the First Senate, 20 December 1979 — 1 BvR 385/77 — (only available in German)
- BVerfG, 1988 / BVerfG, Order of the First Senate, 30. November 1988 – 1 BvR 1301/84 – (only available in German)
- BVerfG, 1995 / BVerfG, Order of 29 November 1995 – 1 BvR 2203/95 – (only available in German)
- BVerfG, 1997 / BVerfG, Order of 17 February 1997 – 1 BvR 1658/96 – (only available in German)
- BVerfG, 2009 / BVerfG, Order of the 3rd Chamber of the First Senate, 10 November 2009 – 1 BvR 1178/07 -, Rn. 1-77, (only available in German)
- BVerfG, 1998 / BVerfG, Order of the 3rd Chamber of the First Senate, 26 May 1998 – 1 BvR 180/88 -, para 1-28, (only available in German)
- Deutsche Umwelthilfe v. Stralsund Mining Authority, 2020, Oberverwaltungsgericht Greifswald, 5 K 588/20 OVG (currently pending)
For more country specific context and relevant national climate change law see: https://climate-laws.org/geographies/germany
This country report has been produced by Lea Busch, Research Assistant, Catherine Hall, C2LI Senior Research Assistant and Lennart Wegener, C2LI Legal Analyst, in collaboration with Prof. Dirk Hanschel (C2LI National Rapporteur Germany). The summary is based on Dirk Hanschel, “Climate Change and the Individual” in M. Schmidt-Kessel, German National Reports on the 20th International Congress of Comparative Law, Mohr Siebeck, 2018.