Six young activists suing 32 countries for failing to address climate change
CBSN
A group young people are suing the governments of 32 countries for violating their human rights by failing to address human-caused climate change. Six activists from Portugal, aged between 11 and 24, were at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) this week in Strasbourg, France, what the latest and largest instance of campaigners hauling governments to court for over the climate.
Arguing that their rights to life and privacy without discrimination are being violated, the accusers hope a favorable ruling will compel governments to accelerate efforts to tackle global warming.
"We've put forward evidence to show that it's within the power of states to do vastly more to adjust their emissions, and they are choosing not do it," lawyer Gerry Liston told The Associated Press at the start of a day-long hearing Wednesday.
