Two directors of the environmental group Greenpeace, together with a climate activist, have filed a lawsuit in Braunschweig against the German automotive group Volkswagen, claiming that the carmaker is not promoting climate protection.
The applicants claim that the carbon dioxide emissions emitted by Volkswagen contribute significantly to the climate crisis and its effects. They argue that the carmaker’s business model is incompatible with the goal of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees.
The applicants claim, inter alia, that Volkswagen should stop selling cars with internal combustion engines worldwide by 2030 at the latest.
If this lawsuit is successful, it will emit two gigatonnes less carbon dioxide by 2040 than Volkswagen’s current plans, the claimants explain.
Volkswagen does not comment on the matter at the moment, but the company has previously said it wants to become a carbon-neutral carmaker by 2050 at the latest.
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