Stop locking young people out of legal process in climate cases, say experts

Children are particularly vulnerable to climate crisis yet have little say politically or legally in most of world

Young climate activists should be able to fully take part in legal cases that affect them, say campaigners.

As governments and organisations around the world submit formal comments on climate breakdown to the world’s top courts, experts have condemned children’s inability to fully participate in the legal process in almost all jurisdictions.

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This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.