Climate change: Six young people take 32 countries to court - BBC News

They claim governments' slow action on climate change violates their human rights.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsClimate changeImage source, Claudia Duarte AgostinhoImage caption, Claudia (r) says she suffers from eco-anxiety, Martim's (l) allergies have soared and Mariana (m) was diagnosed with asthmaBy Selin GiritBBC World Service"What I felt was fear," says Claudia Duarte Agostinho as she remembers the extreme heatwave and fires that ripped through Portugal in 2017 and killed more than 100 people. "The wildfires made me really anxious about what sort of future I would have."

Claudia, 24, her brother Martim, 20, and her sister Mariana, 11, are among six young Portuguese people who have filed a lawsuit against 32 governments, including all EU member states, the UK, Norway, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey.

They accuse the countries of insufficient action over climate change and failing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions enough to hit the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5C.

The case is the first of its kind to be filed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. If it is successful, it could have legally-binding consequences for the governments involved. The first hearing in the case is being held on Wednesday.

Aged from 11 to 24, the six claimants argue that the forest fires that have occurred in Portugal each year since 2017 are a direct result of global warming.

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