Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies

Claimants to argue lack of adequate action is breach of human rights, in largest climate legal action to dateSix young people are preparing to appear at the European court of human rights to try to compel 32 nations to rapidly escalate their emissions …

Claimants to argue lack of adequate action is breach of human rights, in largest climate legal action to date

Six young people are preparing to appear at the European court of human rights to try to compel 32 nations to rapidly escalate their emissions reductions in the world’s largest climate legal action to date.

Aged from 11 to 24, the six Portuguese claimants, say they were driven to act by their experiences in the wildfires that ripped through the Leiria region in 2017, killing 66 people and destroying 20,000 hectares of forest.

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