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"Environment campaigners in Italy are suing the government for failing to
sufficiently tackle the climate crisis in what is the first legal action of its
kind in the country.
The 203 plaintiffs will submit their lawsuit to Rome’s civil court on Saturday.
They want the court to order the government, led by the prime minister, Mario
Draghi, to adopt more ambitious climate change policies as well as
significantly increase its carbon emissions reduction target.
“We are asking the court to recognise that the Italian government is not
complying with respect to its obligation to protect the population from
climatic change,” said Marica Di Pierri, a spokesperson for the environmental
organisation A Sud, and its affiliated Giudizio Universale (Last Judgment)
campaign. “We also want the court to order Italy to set an emissions-reduction
target for 2030 that is three times what it is today.”
In 2019, Italy set itself a 33% target for carbon emissions reduction by 2030.
The plaintiffs, among them environmental associations, Italian citizens,
foreign residents and young activists with the Italy wing of the Fridays for
Future activist group, argue that successive governments have failed to
seriously address the climate crisis despite the country being vulnerable to
extreme weather events."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "ottimo - everywhere should be doing this,
repeatedly"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
