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Andre Oliveira (centre left) Catarine Mota (centre right) siblings Martim, Mariana and Claudia Agostinho protest outside the European Court of Human Rights, where they are accusing 32 European governments of violating their human rights for what they say is a failure to adequately address climate change, September 27, 2023, in Strasbourg
SIX young activists took 32 nations to the European Court of Human Rights today over their lack of action to protect people from climate change.
The case is just the latest, but biggest, instance of activists taking governments to court to push for action.
Lawyers representing the claimants aged between 11 and 24 from Portugal said the nations they are suing have failed to adequately address human-caused warming and therefore violated some of the group’s fundamental rights.
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As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
