Young Portuguese citizens and Switzerland’s Seniors for Climate pose outside the European Court of Human Rights after a hearing in a climate lawsuit involving themselves against 32 countries, in Strasbourg, eastern France on Sept. 27, 2023. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP via Getty Images
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In an “unprecedented” climate change case, six young people from areas in Portugal affected by heat waves and wildfires took 32 European governments to court today, arguing that the countries’ failure to take swift action on the climate crisis violated their human rights.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will hear the case, which was filed in September of 2020 by youth from…
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