Swedish youth have launched a second climate lawsuit against their government, arguing the nation’s officials are failing to do their part to limit global warming.
Their lawsuit comes just a week after a court ordered the Dutch government to do more to protect the low-lying Caribbean island of Bonaire from rising seas and other effects of a warming planet — a first-of-its-kind decision requiring a nation to take concrete climate action.
The coalition also pointed to a recent advisory opinion from the U.N.’s top court that said countries should slash emissions to address the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change.
“Those who pollute the most have a duty to pull their weight in the global effort to fight climate change,” said Ida Edling, a spokesperson for Aurora, the group behind the Swedish lawsuit.
