Youth climate activists sue five countries over carbon pollution

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and 15 other youth filed suit against five countries Monday, arguing that carbon pollution violates their rights under the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to life, health and peace. The respondents are Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey. 

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