Foetus fronts legal challenge over emissions in South Korea
by Isabella Kaminski from Environment | The Guardian on (#60QBJ)
Lawyers representing 20-week-old foetus allege state is breaching rights of future generations
A 20-week-old foetus is fronting a legal challenge in South Korea that argues the state is breaching the rights of future generations by not doing enough to cut national emissions.
Parents and lawyers representing the foetus, as well as 61 babies and children under 11, claim national carbon targets do not go far enough to stop runaway climate change and that this is unconstitutional.
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