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		</div><p>The European Court of Human Rights is requiring a prompt response from 33 countries, including the UK, to an ambitious climate change case brought by six young Portuguese people, a move that activists said gave heart to their cause.</p>
<p>The court ordered the European countries to respond to the complaint and granted it priority status because of the “importance and urgency of the issues raised”.</p>
<p>The two young Portuguese adults and four children filed their claim last September at the Strasbourg-based court. They want the court to hold the countries accountable for their allegedly inadequate efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEWS: The European Court of Human Rights just announced it is fast-tracking a climate case brought by 6 Portuguese youth facing spiralling heat extremes. They filed their case with GLAN’s support against 33 European States. Now all 33 States are required to respond. </p>
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<p>&mdash; Global Legal Action Network (@GLAN_LAW) <a href="https://twitter.com/GLAN_LAW/status/1333316011748110336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The group is supported by the Global Legal Action Network, an international non-profit organisation that challenges human rights violations, and a team of five London lawyers.</p>
<p>The countries named in the complaint include the 27 member nations of the European Union plus the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.</p>
<p>The court’s decision to demand a swift response from the defendant countries is “highly significant”, said Global Legal Action Network director Gearoid O Cuinn, because “only a tiny minority of cases” merit such treatment.</p>
<p>The court will attempt to broker an amicable agreement in the case before it proceeds to litigation.</p>
<p>If the activists win their case, the countries would be legally bound to cut emissions in line with the requirements of the 2015 Paris climate accord.</p>
<p>They would also have to address their role in overseas emissions, including by their multinational companies.</p>
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