Japan youth sue utilities over climate impact
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2024
A group of 16 Japanese young people is suing utility firms over their carbon emissions, in the latest case worldwide of activists using courts to press for action on climate change. The plaintiffs, all in their teens and 20s, say it is the first such case brought by young people in Japan, which advocates say has the dirtiest energy mix among G7 nations. The lawsuit was filed in August ag
A group of 16 Japanese young people is suing utility firms over their carbon emissions, in the latest case worldwide of activists using courts to press for action on climate change. The plaintiffs, all in their teens and 20s, say it is the first such case brought by young people in Japan, which advocates say has the dirtiest energy mix among G7 nations. The lawsuit was filed in August ag