00:00 It's yours.
00:02 Thank you.
00:04 Never before have so many countries brought before a court.
00:25 This is the director of the Global Legal Action Network.
00:28 And since 2017, we've been working with the courageous...
00:33 The six young people who are bringing this case before the European Court of Human Rights
00:37 have experienced direct harm from the emissions of 32 countries.
00:41 So we're talking about heat extremes, which will impact their ability to exercise, live outdoors.
00:46 They'll be confined indoors for significant periods of time within their lifetime.
00:50 So we're talking about concrete harm.
00:52 And we're talking about emissions from across Europe impacting them.
00:56 The hearing today could be an opportunity to deliver a legally binding decision
01:01 that would require governments to act, because they have failed to act
01:05 despite having the resources to adopt more ambitious climate policies.
01:23 The case concerns complaints under Articles 2, 3, 8 and 14 of the Convention
01:28 as regards the impacts of climate change, which the applicants consider
01:32 to be imputable to the 33 respondent states, and in particular
01:37 to the phenomenon of global warming, resulting, among other things,
01:41 in heat waves and wildfires affecting the applicants' lives and health.
01:46 It is a privilege to address you today on behalf of the applicants.
01:51 They are Claudia, Katerina, MartĂn, Sofia, AndrĂ© and Mariana.
02:00 Today's case is about the young.
02:04 It is about the price that they are paying for the failure of states
02:10 to tackle the climate emergency.
02:13 It is about the harm that they will suffer during their lifetimes
02:19 unless states step up to their responsibilities.
02:24 The alarm is right. The alarm and what they are saying
02:35 is actually something that we should carefully listen to.
02:39 How the state will respond, if it is 33, if it is 46, if it is beyond that,
02:46 the time will tell. But what I can confirm and what I think is relevant,
02:51 that this should be taken with seriousness, with recognition of the problem,
02:57 that is much bigger, I would say, than what we heard today.
03:00 In 2017, we wanted to do more action. I was 12, André was 9.
03:15 Because we thought it was the right time, it was one of the best times,
03:18 because we were dealing with climate anxiety, a great climate anxiety,
03:23 and also because we thought it was now or never, we showed our voice.
03:28 In Portugal, what we have the most is heat waves and extreme drought,
03:33 which is in fatal cases.
03:36 That is, this heat is directly influencing our right to life
03:40 and also another very important right that we have within the case,
03:43 the other two, which are directly to private life.
03:46 For example, I want to be in my room studying or sleeping,
03:52 but it is so hot that it makes it difficult.
03:55 I want to go out, do some physical activity, ride a bike, play basketball,
03:59 but it is so hot that it is not possible.
04:11 It is the young people who will feel more aggression
04:16 towards climate change simply because they will live longer.
04:20 But that does not mean that our parents will not suffer either.
04:23 When they are older, when they are reformed and want to enjoy their reformed life,
04:29 they will have to live here in Portugal with 43 degree heat waves
04:33 and dangers that will be even more dangerous for them.
04:36 I think that is not fair, it should not be aggravating for each generation.
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