Greenpeace activists protest with apples in front of a court before the start of a lawsuit of German farmers against the German government's failure to meet climate protection targets in Berlin, Germany, October 31, 2019. The words read "Together for the future." REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court rejected on Thursday a lawsuit brought by a group of farmers trying to compel the government to take swifter action on climate change.
At a hearing in Berlin on Thursday, the farmers, backed by the Greenpeace environmental pressure group, said the government was violating their rights by cutting greenhouse gas emissions at a slower rate than promised.
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