The German government must tighten up its climate protection programme because the measures agreed to so far are insufficient to achieve the country’s climate goals, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court ruled on Thursday. The decision upholds two lawsuits filed by Environmental Action Germany or Deutsche Umwelthilfe. The ruling said the federal government’s measures in their current form do not meet the legal requirements. The federal government can appeal to the Federal Administrative Court, thereby postponing the judgement. The group had already taken legal action against the G…