New Science Proves Responsibility For Climate Change

Kids suing nations over climate change wildfire links are right; A group of children is aiming to take 47 nations to court over links between climate change and forest fires. Science is on their side

Richard Schiffman, 2 October 2017 (New Scientist)

“…[Six schoolchildren aged 5 to 14 from Portugal are plaintiffs arguing countries that can be found guilty of emissions that aggravate climate change can be] held legally accountable for the consequences. They are planning to take dozens of European nations to court to answer for forest fires that hit their region in June, one of which resulted in 64 deaths…[Their argument is that] lack of action on global warming makes these disasters more likely…[They are launching] a crowdfunded legal suit in the European Court of Human Rights, a body whose rulings are binding on 47 countries…[It is being described as] David versus many Goliaths…Other climate suits are being brought on behalf of young people in the US, India, France, Ukraine, Belgium and other countries…[In the U.S.,] more than 600 climate-related cases have been filed…[A field called extreme event attribution science] can now reliably provide the smoking gun…[Now the only obstacle is] political will…” click here for more

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