Judge says Ontario’s weak climate plans increase risk of death for the young

Canadian youth activists' case nevertheless dismissed as judge rules province's policies do not violate Charter rights

A judge has warned that Ontario's weak climate plans will increase the risk of death" for Canada's young people - but dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group worried that government inaction on global heating threatens their futures.

Justice Marie-Andree Vermette of Ontario superior court issued a decision on Tuesday that found that while both young people and Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change, government failures to react were not a breach of their rights.