A gaggle of younger activists is suing dozens of governments in Europe and past.
A historic local weather case has begun on the European Court docket of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
Younger activists are taking up highly effective governments over their alleged inaction in opposition to local weather change.
The court docket’s rulings are legally binding for member nations.
The authorized route appears to be more and more favoured by activists to carry leaders to account.
And younger individuals are more and more on the forefront of local weather change activism.
May an method primarily based on baby rights be the best way ahead in tackling international warming?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Friends:
Catherine Gamper – Local weather change adaptation specialist on the Organisation for Financial Co-operation and Growth (OECD)
Ashfaq Khalfan – Director of local weather justice at Oxfam America