In non-covid related news, Greta Thunberg is back in the spotlight as she and a group of other children have brought a legal case with the UN committee on the rights of the child against the most polluting countries.
The 16 children lodged a legal case with the UN committee on the rights of the child against Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey last September.
They alleged that the countries – which are legally obliged to protect children under the UN convention on the rights of the child – breached those obligations by failing to protect them from the “direct, imminent and foreseeable risk to their health and wellbeing” posed by the climate crisis.
The children stated that they had been “directly and foreseeably injured” by the greenhouse gas emissions that those governments had allowed to change the climate.
They have submitted new scientific research on how the countries are failing in their obligations, and said it would be “futile” to argue their case in separate domestic lawsuits in each country, as that “would not provide the type of far-reaching international relief needed to reverse climate change”.
Do you agree with Miss Thunberg, and her plucky group of children? Are governments of today not doing enough with climate change? Let us know what you think in our comments section.
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"Greta Thunberg Climate Change Rally In Denver Colorado 2019" by Anthony Quintano under licensed to (CC BY 2.0)
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