European Climate Change Lawsuit Spotlights Child Rights

Click to expand Image Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire at the village of Chaveira, near Macao, in central Portugal on Monday, July 22, 2019. © AP Photo/Sergio Azenha Increased heat, more frequent forest fires, and other extreme weather events fueled by climate change are already harming children in Europe today and governments are not doing enough to cut emissions and prevent catastrophic impacts on children’s rights in the future. That’s the message four Portuguese children and two young adults have brought in a case against 33 governments before the European Court of Human…

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