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The largest climate case ever raised before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) kicked off Wednesday in Strasbourg, France, Reuters reported.

It’s an “unprecedented” effort from six young Portuguese people—ages 11 to 24—who allege that 32 European governments have failed to honor the Paris Agreement to mitigate climate change impacts, causing significant harms and violating their human rights.

Some of the young people suing claimed in their complaint that they currently suffer from “reduced energy levels, difficulty sleeping, and a curtailment of their ability to spend time or exercise outdoors during recent heatwaves.”

On Wednesday, the director of the European Commission legal service, Daniel Calleja Crespo, tried to push back on claims that countries weren’t taking climate change seriously, arguing that “the EU is going beyond the obligations of the Paris Agreement," which aims for under 2° C warming.

Around the world, people young and old have attempted to convince courts to pressure officials into taking climate action, as progress toward reversing impacts globally has been slow.

As the youth climate trial began Wednesday, a co-president of the Swiss association, Anne Mahrer, traveled with other members to support activists, saying, "I wish them a future, because they are very young.

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