Greta Thunberg joins lawsuit against Swedish government, alleging climate policy is ‘not enough’
climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined hundreds of other young plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Swedish government, arguing that the country is inactive on climate change.
The lawsuit brings together 19-year-old Thunberg and more than 600 others who allege that Sweden’s climate policy violated the Constitution along with the European Convention on Human Rights. Bloomberg reported.
“The Swedish state is not fulfilling the constitutional requirement to promote sustainable development leading to a good environment for present and future generations,” the group that initiated the lawsuit said in a statement.
Thunberg tweeted that Black Friday was “the perfect day” to sue the state over “inadequate climate policy.”
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“Today, Black Friday, is the perfect day to sue the government for its lack of climate policy. And so we did,” said Thunberg, one of the world’s most famous climate activists.
“See you in court,” she added.
Another activist, Ida Edling, said that Sweden is “persecuting climate policy research will clearly contribute to climate catastrophe in the future.”
In 2017, the Swedish Parliament decided that by 2045 Scandinavian country must have zero net greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy.
Yet activists in Sweden say the country needs to do more.
“The Swedish state has never treated the climate crisis as a crisis, and the new government has made it clear that it will not do that either,” said 20-year-old plaintiff Anton Foley. statement .
In recent years, climate campaigners have filed numerous lawsuits against governments and companies, with mixed success.
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In one of the most high-profile cases last year, the German Supreme Court ruled that the government must adjust its climate targets to avoid overburdening young people. German government responded by advancing its goal of net zero emissions by five years to 2045 and proposing more ambitious short- and medium-term steps to achieve this goal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.