I know you’ve all been hanging out for some Greta news:

“Greta Thunberg and a group of other children have pushed forward their legal complaint at the UN against countries they accuse of endangering children’s wellbeing through the climate crisis, despite attempts to have it thrown out.”

Their case is against Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey.

Why those countries?

“Although 140 countries, excluding the US, have ratified the UN convention on the rights of the child, only 46 governments have adopted a protocol that allows for this kind of legal action. Of those, the five biggest greenhouse gas emitters – Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey – are targeted in the lawsuit…”

Doh! Sucks to be them.

“Three countries – Brazil, France and Germany – have replied to the petition, saying it should not be admissible by the committee.“
But on Tuesday the children hit back, arguing that the countries should be judged by their behaviour on the climate crisis. They said the three countries were all failing to cut their emissions in line with the Paris agreement.”

This taking governments to court is really picking up steam.

“More than 1,300 legal actions have been brought around the world to try to force governments to confront the climate crisis. More than 1,000 are in the US.”

Go Greta and Co.!

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