A group of seven youth sued Ontario government in November 2019 for replacing the province’s previous greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target with a significantly weaker and unscientific one.
The Mathur v Ontario case made history early this spring when a judge ruled — for the first time in Canada — that courts can consider whether a government’s response to climate change infringes upon human rights.
Other courts around the world have highlighted the problem of delaying action, which requires youth and future generations to make faster, more radical emissions reductions down the road.
Germany’s highest constitutional court, for example, recently held that it was unconstitutional for the government to make decisions today that lock in future harms and place a disproportionate burden on future generations.
New narrative. Gen Z students sue govts to 'govern us harder, daddy'. Reasoning, if we don't do harsh extreme action now, we are requiring that future generations have to sacrifice even more in the fight against the extreme danger of climate change, which is against their human rights.
Scientism implies as suggested by others; Science (Latin scio; to know) implies perceivable...want (suggested) or need (perceivable) represents ones free will of choice.
Suggested "we" (pluralism) tempts perceiving one (singularity) to ignore self for others.
Ones consent to suggested "no" implies reasoning (no vs yes).