German carmakers 生き残る first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 気候 訴訟s
By Victoria Waldersee
BERLIN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - German carmakers made it 無傷の through a 一連の 訴訟s led by 環境の groups 需要・要求するing they 制限する their 炭素 放出／発行s, with the final 判決，裁定 問題／発行するd on Friday - but the 戦う／戦い is not over, with all 原告／提訴人s 誓約（する）ing to 控訴，上告.
The 長，率いるs of Greenpeace Germany and 環境の NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe, 気候 行動主義者 Clara Mayer, and 農業者 Ulf Allhoff-Cramer 的d three carmakers with 訴訟s in 2022.
The filings, against Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen, 代表するd the first time 国民s in Germany 告訴するd companies for 悪化させるing 気候 change.
"We knew this was new 合法的な 領土 in Germany, and that it would be a long 旅行," ツバメ Kaiser, 長，率いる of Greenpeace Germany, said. "But social 対話 on this has come a long way... a 全世界の topic like 気候 change must be 規制するd."
The 訴訟s 需要・要求するd that 自動車製造業者s end 生産／産物 of 化石 燃料-emitting cars by 2030, and 確実にする the 炭酸ガス emitted by their cars and factories before then does 越える a 炭素 予算 calculated by the NGOs.
In what 原告／提訴人s hoped would 始める，決める a 合法的な precedent to take 活動／戦闘 against other 会社／堅いs, they argued that the carmakers' 炭素 足跡 was （規則などを）破る／侵害するing on their 権利s to live a life 解放する／自由な of 温室 gases, enshrined in a 判決，裁定 by Germany's 連邦の 法廷，裁判所 in May 2021.
農業者 Alhoff-Cramer also argued Volkswagen's 放出／発行s were 損失ing his 暮らし.
In a 一連の 審理，公聴会s, 裁判官s 支配するd that the link between the 違反 of 国民s' 権利s and the carmakers' 活動／戦闘s were not （疑いを）晴らす enough, though some 追加するd this could change in 未来, giving hope to the 原告／提訴人s who all 計画（する） t o 控訴，上告.
In Allhoff-Cramer's 事例／患者, the 裁判官 みなすd the changes in 気候 which have occurred so far the "new normal", and said it was not （疑いを）晴らす how much worse the 損失 to his land would get in a world warmed beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Carmakers welcomed the 判決，裁定s, laying out their electrification 的s and arguing that such 事柄s should be decided 経由で political 審議, not 訴訟s.
Still, lawyers 接触するd by Reuters said carmakers can 推定する／予想する to 直面する tougher 戦う／戦いs in 法廷，裁判所 as the public becomes more anxious about 気候 change, with companies ますます held accountable for the 衝撃 of their entire 供給（する） chain.
"The problem is, society is changing," a 上級の lawyer, who 拒絶する／低下するd to be 指名するd, said. "There'll be more and more Greta Thunberg-types on the 陪審／陪審員団 in 未来." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Victoria Waldersee and Jan Schwartz; Editing by Miranda Murray, Friederike Heine and Jan Harvey)
