Six young Portuguese filed a case in court against 32 countries including all the European Union members, the UK, Norway, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey, citing the dangers of extreme temperatures.
When the last ice age ended thousands of years ago, the rate of global warming which was roughly 10 times slower than what we see today was rapid enough to wipe out entire species.
Mycorrhizal fungi are great at drawing greenhouse gases underground. Now scientists are discovering how much of a role they play in reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
It aims at tackling issues such as child labour, mistreatment of workers, and denial of basic wages, among others. There will also be penalties for non-compliance.