Complaint on state inaction is one of growing number of climate litigation cases
Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES
The 15 activists, aged 8 to 17 at the time, had argued that France, Turkey, Brazil, Germany and Argentina had known about the risk of climate change for decades but failed to curb their carbon emissions. However, it accepted the arguments of the five countries that the children should have tried to bring cases to their national courts first.
“In effect, the committee instructed the youth to squander years waiting for inevitable dismissal,” a joint statement from lawyers Hausfeld and Earthjustice said.
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