by Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of other young plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Swedish government that has seen the country fail to act on the climate change issue.
The lawsuit joins 19-year-old Thunberg and more than 600 others in alleging that Sweden’s climate policy has violated the constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. Bloomberg reports.
“The Swedish state does not meet the constitutional requirement to promote sustainable development that results in a good environment for current and future generations,” the group that organized the lawsuit said in a statement.
Thunberg wrote on Twitter that Black Friday was the “perfect day” to sue the state for “its inadequate climate policy”.
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends the Europe Climate Strike rally in Brussels, Belgium
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“Today, Black Friday, is the perfect day to sue the state for its inadequate climate policies. So that’s what we did,” said Thunberg, one of the world’s best-known climate activists.
“See you in court,” she added.
Another activist, Ida Edling, said that Sweden “is pursuing a climate policy that research is quite clear will contribute to a climate catastrophe in the future”.
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a climate rally in Vancouver, British Columbia
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The Swedish parliament decided in 2017 that the Scandinavian country should have no net emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by 2045 and have 100% renewable energy.
Still, activists in Sweden say the country should do more.
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Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson speaks during a digital press conference
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“The Swedish state has never dealt with the climate crisis as it is and the new government has clearly signaled that it will not do so either,” Anton Foley, a 20-year-old plaintiff in the case, said in a statement.
Climate activists have filed numerous lawsuits against governments and corporations in recent years, with mixed success.
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In one of the most prominent cases, Germany’s highest court ruled last year that the federal government must adjust its climate targets so as not to overburden young people. The federal government responded by bringing forward its “net-zero” emissions target by five years to 2045 and laying out more ambitious short- and medium-term steps to reach that goal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
