Young Canadians sue government over alleged climate failures

According to Jamaica Observer (General News), MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — When a wildfire threatened her northern Canada home three years ago, Kira Young packed what she could and fled. Later this month, she’ll be in court, suing Ottawa over allegations it is failing to respond to climate change. Young is one of 15 people from across the country, all aged 17-24, pursuing a case unprecedented in Canadian legal history. Over five weeks of hearings beginning on October 26, the group will argue that successive governments have violated their constitutional rights to life, liberty and security by not sufficiently cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The trial in the West Coast city of Vancouver is part of a growing global movement of environmental activists using courts to force government action on climate change, with major victories already recorded internationally. Young is from Yellowknife, a city a few hundred kilometres south of the Arc