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The European Court of Human Rights ruled on a landmark case that sets a precedent for plaintiffs trying to hold their governments accountable for disasters linked to climate change.
A group of young plaintiffs brought a groundbreaking climate change case to the European Court of Human Rights. They filed suit against 32 European governments after wildfires ripped through Portugal.
Six young people from Portugal have presented a landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), arguing that countries are breaching their human rights by failing to do enough to protect them from climate change.