Six young people take on 32 European nations in climate change court case

Young people bringing the case and lawyer Gearoid o Cuinn talk to the media outside the European Court of Human Rights( Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

Six young people have argued at the European Court of Human Rights that governments across the continent are not doing enough to protect people from climate change.

Legal teams for the 32 nations — which includes the 27 EU member countries, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey — questioned the admissibility of the case as well as the claim that the plaintiffs are victims of climate change harm.