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Six Portuguese youth file ‘unprecedented’ climate lawsuit against 33 countries

(Climate Home News, 3 Sep 2020) Six Portuguese youth file ‘unprecedented’ climate lawsuit against 33 countries

This is the first climate change case to be filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France. If admissible, it could set an important precedent, showing the way for other climate lawsuits based on human rights arguments.

Cláudia Agostinho (21), Catarina Mota (20), Martim Agostinho (17), Sofia Oliveira (15), André Oliveira (12) and Mariana Agostinho (8) are suing the 27 European member states, as well as the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine for failing to make deep and urgent emissions cuts to safeguard their future.

Their complaint comes after lethal wildfires in Portugal in 2017 killed more than 120 people. Researchers have linked the intensity of the 2017 blaze to global warming. The case is being filed after Portugal recorded its hottest July in the last 90 years.

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Climate Home News, 3 Sep 2020: Six Portuguese youth file ‘unprecedented’ climate lawsuit against 33 countries

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