Global tensions have been on the rise in recent years, driven by events including Russia’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine and China’s assertive actions in the South China Sea. To uphold its position as the world’s preeminent military force, the United States continues to invest in its military capabilities. This includes the maintenance of its formidable […]
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Protest in Jena, Germany in 2019 organized by Fridays for Future, one of the advocacy organizations represented in the court case. Source: Joachim Aspenlaub Blattboldt via Flickr.
Last month, one of the most significant human rights climate court cases to date reached a resolution. Germany’s highest court, the Federal Court of Justice, ruled on April 29 that the country’s 2019 Climate Protection Act does not go far enough to safeguard the rights of the country’s youth. Siding with youth climate activists, the court ordered the German government to expand existing carbon emission mitigation measures to reach the law’s goal of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050.