{"id":21451,"date":"2022-03-17T13:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21451"},"modified":"2022-03-17T13:14:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:14:52","slug":"australia-climate-change-court-overturns-teenagers-case-against-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/australia-climate-change-court-overturns-teenagers-case-against-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia climate change: Court overturns teenagers’ case against minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Australian government has won an appeal against a ruling that it has a duty of care to protect children from harm caused by climate change.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year, eight teenagers and an 87-year-old nun convinced a court that the government had a legal duty to children when assessing fossil fuel projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The decision was hailed as a world first, but it has been successfully challenged by the environment minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The teenagers could still take the case to Australia’s highest court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Today’s ruling leaves us devastated, but it will not deter us in our flight for climate justice,” said 17-year-old Anjali Sharma, in a statement released by their lawyers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Their case attempted to stop the expansion of the Vickery coal mine in New South Wales, which is estimated to add an extra 170 million tonnes of fossil fuel emissions to the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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