Climate Connect: Klimaschutz vor Gericht

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In the next Climate Connect dialogue we welcome John Peters, lawyer at Lawyers Günther Partnership in Hamburg, one of the most renowned law firms in the field of environmental, planning and climate protection law. He advises civil society organisations, affected parties and municipal actors on strategic climate action and the legal framework for effective climate protection.

In conversation with Professor Cornelia Betsch (Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour), we shed light on how environmental lawsuits workwhich challenges and dynamics they entail and what role role strategic climate lawsuits play in political change and social debates. play. Among other things, the IPB's ongoing research on future litigation provides an opportunity for this.

John Peters, a lawyer at Rechtsanwälte Günther Partnerschaft in Hamburg, advises on environmental, planning and climate protection law. He is committed to legal frameworks that promote climate protection in concrete terms.