Courts in several European Union countries are holding governments accountable for their climate change policies. This week, a German court has stopped one of the country’s oldest forests from being cleared away to make space for a coal mine, and an appeals court in the Netherlands ordered officials to cut greenhouse gas emissions more rapidly than planned, handing a victory to 900 citizens who had sued the government. Last month, a German court banned all old diesel vehicles from the city center of Frankfurt.
Courts in Europe hold governments accountable for climate change policies
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