Activists target BMW and Daimler over climate change in key legal case

A similar case is being lined up for Volkswagen by the heads of Greenpeace's Germany division

The activists argue that the companies' goals aren't enough to adhere to the German climate ruling and carbon emissions budgets set by the Paris Agreement. 

German activists have filed a lawsuit against carmakers BMW and Daimler for refusing to tighten carbon emissions goals, the first time German citizens have sued private companies for exacerbating climate change.

The lawsuit from the heads of Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), a non-governmental organisation, is similar to one being lined up for Volkswagen by the heads of Greenpeace's Germany division in collaboration with activist Clara Mayer and an unidentified landowner.