ECHR climate change case: Young Portuguese activists take on 32 European nations in landmark case

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Six young people argued that governments across Europe are not doing enough protect people from climate change; It's the latest and largest example of activists taking governments to court force climate action. Legal teams from 32 countries, including 27 EU member states, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey, questioned missibility case and claim that plaintiffs were victims of damages climate change. European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday. But lawyers representing young adults and children in Portugal said the countries they are suing had failed to adequately address human-caused warming and were therefore violating some of the group's fundamental rights. READ North Korea returns US soldiers in a shocking move They insisted further and faster action was needed to meet climate targets set for the end of the decade. "Today's case is about young people. It's about the price they pay for states' failure to tackle the climate emergency. It's about the harm they will suffer throughout their lives if states fail to meet their responsibilities." Alison Macdonald pleads on behalf of young people. Stating that plaintiffs should first go to national courts, Erdoğan emphasized that the European Court of Human Rights would not have jurisdiction since they were not citizens of country they attacked, other than Portugal. "The applicants made no attempt to apply, let alone exhaust domestic remedies," said Belgian legal expert Isabelle Niedlispacher. Some of the plaintiffs later said they were appalled by the nations' claims. Mariana and Claudia Agostinho respond to journalists in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. “What we just heard is very sad,” said Claudia Duarte Agostinho. "Governments have just said that what's happening around us doesn't matter. They are minimizing the impact of climate change on our human race." André Oliveira, 15, said he was "shocked by efforts of countries to ignore the evidence we put before them and to trivialize current situation we face." "However, I remain hopeful that the court will understand the urgency of this situation and side with our case," he said. Mariana center Claudia Agostinho, right; Martim second Sofia Oliveira, second from left; his brother Andre is gone; He posed with a banner in front of the European Court of Human Rights together with Catarine Mota. During hearing, Macdonald called on the judges to show urgency in tackling "the biggest crisis facing Europe and world" and that they should play a greater role in helping to contain planet-warming emissions. "Whether or not to take action to prevent a climate disaster cannot be at the discretion of a state," he said. Although there have been successful climate lawsuits nationally and regionally , activists' legal team said the group felt compelled to take on case because national jurisdictions did not go far enough to protect their rights. Matter to the Strasbourg-based court