Germany, Greenpeace denounces Volkswagen: it does not respect sentences on the climate

• Germany, after the rejection of the 'climate law', climate neutrality arrives by 2045

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September 03, 2021Greenpeace Germany has announced that it will sue Volkswagen - the second largest carmaker in the world - for

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company as required by the Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature rise to within the safety threshold of 1. 5 ° C.

Furthermore, also taking into account the alarm raised by the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (Iea), Greenpeace urges Volkswagen to

of vehicles with internal combustion engines. and to reduce its emissions by 65% ​​by 2030.

The environmental association holds the German carmaker responsible for "a devastating business model for the climate, the planet and all of us". Greenpeace intends to enforce the historic

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which last April sanctioned the fundamental right of future generations to be protected from climate change.

Greenpeace believes that large companies are also

to respect this sentence. "While people suffer from the floods and droughts caused by the climate crisis, the auto industry remains indifferent in spite of its huge contribution to global warming," said Martin Kaiser, executive director of Greenpeace Germany. '' The sentence of the Constitutional Court requires that the well-being of humanity be protected quickly and effectively. We must act immediately and all together to protect our common future. ''