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		</div><p>Hundreds of activists, including Greta Thunberg, have marched through the Swedish capital to a court to file a legal claim against the Swedish state for what they say is insufficient climate action.</p>
<p>More than 600 people under the age of 26 signed the 87-page document that is the basis for the claim, which was filed in the Stockholm District Court.</p>
<p>They want the court to rule the country has violated its citizens’ human rights with its climate policies.</p>
<p>“Sweden has never treated the climate crisis like a crisis,” said Anton Foley, spokesman of the youth-led initiative Aurora, which prepared and filed the claim.</p>
<p>“Sweden is failing in its responsibility and breaking the law.”</p>
<p>The action comes as scientists warn chances are slipping away to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.</p>
<p>At a UN climate conference in Egypt earlier this month, leaders tried to keep that goal alive but did not ratchet up calls for reducing carbon emissions.</p>
<p>Another activist, Ida Edling, said Sweden “is pursuing a climate policy the research is very clear will contribute to a climate disaster in the future”.</p>
<p>In 2017, Sweden’s parliament decided that by 2045 the Scandinavian country is to have zero net emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and 100% renewable energy.</p>
<p>Swedish broadcaster TV4 said the government declined to comment on ongoing legal action.</p>
<p>Climate campaigners have launched numerous lawsuits against governments and companies in recent years – with mixed success.</p>
<p>In one of the most high-profile cases, Germany’s top court ruled last year the government had to adjust its climate targets to avoid unduly burdening the young.</p>
<p>The German government reacted by bringing forward its target for ‘net zero’ emissions by five years to 2045 and laying more ambitious near and medium-term steps to achieve that goal.</p>
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