Twelve children and young people appealed to the Constitutional Court for their right to a secure future. The lawsuit has now been rejected by the Constitutional Court: “Too few parts of the law were challenged in the application.”
According to the broadcast, the application was too narrow. The Constitutional Court announced that such an annulment would not remove the unconstitutionality alleged by the applicants. The Constitutional Court is also not allowed to give a standard a completely different content by only withdrawing parts, according to the explanation.
Repeal of the Climate Protection Act in the contested, too narrow scope would, among other things, lead to the federal government not only becoming responsible for negotiating climate protection measures, but for these measures as a whole. The Constitutional Court cannot impose such content on the legislator.
The application came from twelve children and young people (see photo) – they had seen that children’s rights were endangered by the lack of measures to protect the climate.
Criticism from children, scientists and organizations
Since the climate protection law, which expired at the end of 2020, there are no binding climate targets for reducing harmful greenhouse gases in Austria and are therefore ineffective, criticize children and young people, as well as numerous scientists and environmental protection organizations.
Source: Krone
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