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Lawyers acting for a group including a French lavender farmer and members of the indigenous Sami community in Sweden have launched legal action against the EUs institutions for failing to adequately protect them against climate change.
A case is being pursued in the Luxembourg-based general court, Europes second highest, against the European parliament and the council of the European Union for allowing overly high greenhouse gas emissions to continue until 2030. The families, including young children, claim their lives have been blighted by the policy decisions in Brussels, and that the EUs inadequate emissions targets will cause more suffering.
The legal complaint asserts that the EUs existing climate target to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, does not protect their fundamental rights of life, health, occupation and property.
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Alfredo Sendim, 52, an organic farmer in central Portugal, said the irregularity of the climate in his area raised serious doubts about the long-term sustainability of his business. He said: Last year we had almost the entire year without a drop of rain. Then we had two weeks and all the rain that we should have had fell. In Sweden, the traditional Sami way of life herding reindeer is said to be under pressure from rising temperatures that threaten the size of herds. Warmer winters mean less snow and more rain freezing into ice, making it harder for the animals to reach the plants they need to eat.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/24/families-take-eu-court-climate-change-emissions
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