Greta Thunberg To Sue Sweden For Climate Change Inaction

Greta Thunberg has announced that she will sue the Swedish government for insufficient action on climate change.

According to GBNews.com:

The 20-year-old, along with hundreds of other climate activists was given the green light on putting a class action lawsuit against the Government.

Aurora, the youth-led group behind the lawsuit, said that Sweden’s government “does not treat the climate crisis as a crisis”.

The 600 strong group urged the government to do more to abide by the European Convention on Human Rights and do more to limit global warming by 1.5C.

It wants the court to decide that Sweden needs to cut emissions by at least 6.5-9.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year, starting from 2019.

Nacka District Court approved the move, saying in a statement: “The district court has today issued a summons in a high-profile class action lawsuit.

“In the case, demands have been made for the district court to determine that the state has an obligation to take certain specified measures to limit climate change.”

The court gave the Swedish government three months to respond to the lawsuit but did not say when the suit could be decided.

It said that it could be heard or settled in writing.

Last year Aurora wrote an open letter to the Swedish government, urging it to “recognise the seriousness of the climate crisis”.

It wrote: “The health and future of the planet, and that of ours, is directly dependent on whether or not our politicians recognise the seriousness of the climate crisis,

“And so Aurora wants to do everything we can to get you to do so.”

Earlier this month, Thunberg was joined by just nine protesters at a demonstration calling for further protection of forests.

Campaigning outside Parliament House in Stockholm, she made an appearance alongside a small pocket of fellow eco-activists.

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