The group of 21 children and teens, plaintiffs in Juliana v. US, are part of an increasingly vocal global movement of young environmental activists leading the fight against climate catastrophe, most visible among them Swedish teen Greta Thunberg. On June 1, youth activists planned nearly 100 coordinated press conferences across the US and worldwide announcing new local actions to fight the climate crisis in a show of solidarity with the American plaintiffs who have a hearing before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 4.
By Ephrat Livni. Quartz. June 1, 2019.
