Landmark Youth-Led Climate Case Concludes After Ten-Year Battle in U.S. Courts
A decade-long legal battle led by a group of young Americans fighting for a government response to climate change has concluded in the U.S. The case, often seen as a pioneering example of environmental and generational advocacy, sought the recognition of a constitutional right to a stable climate and atmospheric protection. The plaintiffs, originally between the ages of 8 and 19 when they filed the lawsuit in 2015, argued that the U.S. government’s inaction on the matter of climate change was effectively violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. They claimed that the … Read more