Legal Topic:
Climate change
Geographic relevance:
Colombia
Language:
English
Data type:
Legal citations
About this resource:
In this case, the claimants were group of young people in Colombia who claimed that their rights were infringed by the Colombian government’s failure to do more about reducing climate change by reducing deforestation.
The Colombian Supreme Court ordered government departments and ministries to prepare a plan within a specific timeframe to counteract the rate of deforestation.
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