Climate activists take Norway to human rights court over Arctic oil plans

Activists allege decision to grant oil exploration licences violated right to healthy environment

Six climate activists and two environmental NGOs have taken Norway to the European court of human rights (ECHR), arguing the Nordic country's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic are harming young people's futures.

The activists, Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth, want the court to rule that Oslo's 2016 decision to grant 10 Barents Sea oil exploration licences violated article 112 of Norway's constitution, which guarantees the right to a healthy environment.