Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined hundreds of other young plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Swedish government over the country’s inaction on climate change.
The lawsuit joins Thunberg, 19, and more than 600 others who claim Sweden’s climate policy violates the Constitution along with the European Convention on Human Rights. This is reported by Bloomberg.
“The Swedish state does not comply with the constitutional requirement to promote sustainable development that leads to a good environment for current and future generations,” the group that organized the lawsuit said in a statement.
Thunberg posted a message on Twitter saying 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 European 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 policy. 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 “persecuting a climate policy the study is very clear, will contribute to climate catastrophe in the future.”
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at a climate rally in Vancouver, British Columbia
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In 2017, the Swedish Parliament decided that by 2045 Scandinavian country is to have zero net greenhouse gas emissions and to have 100% renewable energy.
Still, activists in Sweden say the country needs to do more.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson speaks during a digital press conference
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“The Swedish state has never treated the climate crisis as the crisis it is, and the new government has made it clear that it will not either,” Anton Foley, a 20-year-old plaintiff in the case, said in a statement. .
In recent years, climate activists have launched numerous lawsuits against governments and companies with varying degrees of success.
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In one of the most high-profile cases last year, Germany’s top court ruled that the government had to adjust its climate targets to avoid overburdening young people. The the German government responded by pushing back its “net zero” emissions goal by five years to 2045 and setting out more ambitious steps in the near and medium term to achieve that goal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
