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Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
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Great, I feel like this is more likely to make a difference than some of these protests I've been seeing lately
Nope.
Here in Germany the highest court decided a while ago (2019, 2021? Not sure), that the current climate policy is unconstitutional, because it's limiting the freedom of coming generations.
And nothing happened.
So Germany currently has a government that openly defies the constitution and nobody seems to care.
I'm not German, but if I were to guess It's all about the cars. We need to stop driving cars en mass. Isn't the car industry a significant portion of your economy?
Agree. Lying on the motorway to block commuters will just make commuters annoyed with your movement. Yes, you want them angry, at the politicians and oil companies, not climate activism.