In her response to the post by Bernhard Wegener, who criticizes climate lawsuits as ineffective globules, Manuela Niehaus illustrates the effect of climate lawsuits. She argues that not everything that tastes sweet is just ineffective homeopathy.
In der Replik auf den Beitrag von Bernhard Wegener, der Klimaklagen als wirkungslose Globuli kritisiert, zeigt Manuela Niehaus die Wirkungsmechanismen von Klimaklagen auf. Sie argumentiert, dass nicht alles, was zuckersüß schmeckt, nur wirkungslose Homöopathie ist.
One year ago, the First Senate of the German Federal Constitutional Court (GFCC) has issued a landmark decision on the rights of future generations and their (legal) entitlement to solidarity. This blog post compares this decision to the 2018 ruling of the Colombian Supreme Court (CS) that was also concerned with the rights of future generations. I argue that while the idea of solidarity with people threatened by climate change is central to both judgments, the courts have taken very different approaches to whom this solidarity extends to.
13. September 2025
Giovanni Capoccia
12. September 2025
Anne Peters
12. September 2025
Anne Peters