Greta Thunberg, climate activists get court nod to sue Swedish state


  • World
  • Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023

FILE PHOTO: Climate activist Greta Thunberg gestures as she walks outside during the World Economic Forum in Davos (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish court gave Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other climate activists the go-ahead on Tuesday to proceed with a class action lawsuit against the Swedish state for "insufficient climate policy".

Thunberg, and 600 other young activists in a group called Aurora, sued the Swedish state in November, claiming it had to do more to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in order to live up to the European Convention on Human Rights.

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