Court of Justice examines
Climate lawsuit from Lower Austria now receives top priority
Climate protection could soon become mandatory and a human right in Lower Austria too. Climate action brought before the European Court of Justice has been given "top priority".
Climate protection is not only the focus of attention in the wide country. Too slow, too lax and too little - this is the criticism not only from Fridays for Future activists.
A climate complaint filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is now getting things moving. This has now been given top priority. "This shows that the ECtHR is taking the case seriously and is examining it," explains St. Pölten climate lawyer Michaela Krömer.
If the case is successful, climate protection would be enforceable in future - and enshrined as a human right (as in Switzerland, for example). Austria - and therefore also Lower Austria - would have a duty to pursue climate protection and there would then be a right to sue for it, emphasizes Krömer.
Affected person brings a lawsuit
"Mex" from Lower Austria, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has also filed a climate lawsuit. "The temperatures have a real impact on me. From 25 degrees I'm in a wheelchair. That's why I'm filing this complaint."
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