Sweden’s Supreme Court won’t hear a climate lawsuit brought by Greta Thunberg and other young activists seeking to force the country to step up its response to global warming.
More than 300 young people under the age of 26 went to court in 2022, seeking a declaration that Sweden was failing to do enough to cut carbon dioxide emissions that are warming the planet. They sought to order the country to “take its fair share of global measures” to reduce emissions.
But the Swedish Supreme Court announced Wednesday that the case known as Aurora cannot be tried, because courts cannot force the Swedish parliament or its government to take any particular action.
“The political bodies decide independently on which specific climate measures Sweden should take,” the court said in a press release.
