Youth for Climate Justice v. Austria, et al.

This case was inspired by the Portuguese fires of 2017, which were the country's worst forest fires in its history and claimed 60 people's lives. These increasing natural disasters and their growing severity can be attributed to climate change and would allow for a case against these countries with significant emission rates and no plans to reduce them properly. This campaign was also inspired by Urgenda Foundation v. State of the Netherlands, in which over 800 dutch citizens successfully secured a court order for the Netherlands to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

In November 2020, the European Court of Human Rights accepted and fast-tracked the case. Only a tiny minority of cases are fast-tracked before the European Court of Human Rights.


 * https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/climate-change-echr/
 * https://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/09/25/portuguese-children-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-climate-lawsuit/
 * https://www.ecowatch.com/portugal-kids-climate-lawsuit-2489744489.html