Mercedes-Benz climate case dropped by German court

Case brought by NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe had demanded that Mercedes-Benz adhere to a tighter carbon emissions budget and commit to ending production of combustion engine cars by November 2030

The court ruled there was not yet tangible proof of how Mercedes-Benz was impacting the rights of the plaintiffs.

A lawsuit accusing Mercedes-Benz of infringing on people's freedoms by exacerbating climate change was dropped by the Stuttgart district court yesterday but the German climate NGO behind the case said it planned to appeal.

The case brought by NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) marked the first by individual citizens in Germany against a private company for exacerbating climate change.