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Six young people from Portugal have gone head-to-head with 32 European governments, alleging in court that their failure to act fast enough on...

Six young people from Portugal are "taking on the legal teams of over 30 very well-resourced countries" in court in a ground-breaking climate change case.

The case was filed in September 2020 against the 27 EU member states as well as Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey.

COSTA DA CAPARICA, Portugal (AP) — Sofia Oliveira was 12 years old when catastrophic wildfires in central Portugal killed more than 100 people in 2017. She “felt it was now

Ireland and 31 other countries cited in the world’s biggest climate litigation case are adopting a “look away” attitude, the court hearing was told.

Six young people from Portugal have presented a landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), arguing that countries are breaching their human rights by failing to do enough to protect them from climate change.

A group of six young people from Portugal have accused 32 countries of failing to tackle climate change fast enough, and therefore infringing on their human rights

Six young people have argued governments across Europe arent doing enough to protect people from climate c...

Six young Portuguese climate activists take 32 European governments to court, saying they violated human rights by failing to address climate change.

Six young people from Portugal will present a landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) tomorrow, 27 September, arguing that countries are breaching their human rights by failing to do enough to protect them from climate change. If they are successful, the 27 EU member states, as well the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey, could be legally required to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Amnesty International is among the groups which filed a to the