(29 Aug 2024)
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Seoul, South Korea – 29 August 2024
1. Various of South Korean Supreme Court Justices
2. Various of press conference held by plaintiffs after verdict
3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Han Je-ah, 12, one of the plaintiffs:
"Adults always tell us children, ‘act your age.’ But when it comes to important issues, they don’t listen to us. But children cannot wait any longer. I hope today’s ruling can bring a bigger change so other children don’t have to come to Constitutional Court. Climate crisis is not a future issue. It is a reality which many people are going through."
4. Various of press conference
STORYLINE:
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049, handing a partial victory to climate campaigners who say the country’s failure to cut emissions faster amounts to a violation of their rights.
The court, which weighs the constitutionality of laws, issued the assessment while ruling on four climate cases raised by 254 plaintiffs, including many young people who were children or teenagers when they began filing the complaints against the government and lawmakers in 2020.
"Adults always tell us children, ‘act your age.’ But when it comes to important issues, they don’t listen to us. But children cannot wait any longer," said 12-year-old Han Je-ah, speaking outside the court.
They argued that South Korea’s current goal of cutting carbon emissions by 35% from 2018 levels by 2030 is inadequate to manage the impact of climate change and that such objectives weren’t backed by sufficient implementation plans.
AP video by Yong Jun Chang
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