Abstract Against the backdrop of the tangible effects of climate change, discussions on environmental and, in particular, climate protection issues are shaping the socio-political and legal landscape. The concept of ‘rights of nature’ is on everyone’s lips worldwide. In Germany, too, there is now extensive (legal) academic discourse on the subject. However, Germany has not yet recognised the legal subjectivity of ‘nature’ nor established subjective ‘rights of nature’. Nevertheless, developments related to the ‘rights of nature’ have also been observed in Germany in recent years.1
