The hearing underscores Ms Merkel’s climate failings as she tries to get Germany back on track with a much-criticised €​50bn (£43bn) environment package. A German dairy farmer has filed a lawsuit against Chancellor Angela Merkel's government over crop losses due to climate change. A Berlin court is set to hear the case, backed by two other farmers and Greenpeace, at the end of the month. Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst said he wants to force the government to quickly find a way to meet its 2020 climate goals, and claimed its failure to do so has infringed "property, occupational and health rights". The European Union will have to decide whether it can continue to rely on Russia for energy supplies.
A German dairy farmer has filed a lawsuit against Chancellor Angela Merkel's government over crop losses due to climate change. A Berlin court is set to hear the case, backed by two other farmers and Greenpeace, at the end of the month. Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst said he wants to force the government to quickly find a way to meet its 2020 climate goals, and claimed its failure to do so has infringed "property, occupational and health rights". The European Union will have to decide whether it can continue to rely on Russia for energy supplies.