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Greens, stop using kids to fight your battles

Greens, stop using kids to fight your battles

The spectacle of school children suing national governments over climate change is absurd.

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Sep 27, 2023
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I’ve met many 11 year-olds in my time. They were preoccupied with school, friends and football. None was spending their free time preparing to sue the government over climate change. They worried about when they would be allowed their first mobile phone, not how to file a case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). 

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