We’re filing a complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on behalf of 16 youth leaders because the climate crisis is our problem to fix, not their burden to bear.

 
The petitioners attended the global climate strike on Sept. 20, 2019 in New York. Pictured from left to right: Raslene Joubali (Tunisia), Ridhima Pandey (India), Carlos Manuel (Palau), Chiara Sacchi (Argentina), David Ackley III (Marshall Islands), Deborah Adegbile (Nigeria), Iris Duquesne (France), Litokne Kabua (Marshall Islands), Raina Ivanova (Germany), Ranton Anjain (Marshall Islands), Carl Smith (USA), and Catarina Lorenzo (Brazil). (Michael Rubenstein for Earthjustice)
 
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Dear Friend,

Our children are demanding we step up.

Hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets around the world on Friday to bring attention to the climate emergency and to demand bold action. Many of you answered their call and joined them.

Today, they are asking for your support once again.

As the UN Climate Action Summit kicks off, 16 children from across the world are doing something unprecedented. They are filing a formal complaint about climate change to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Their petition calls out five of the world’s leading economic powers for their inaction on the climate crisis.

These youth activists are fighting for their future. Will you pledge to fight with them?

The youngest among us are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and they will bear the burden far greater and longer than today’s adults.

These 16 young people come from Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, India, the Marshall Islands, Nigeria, Palau, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, and the United States and they all have one thing in common: They have already suffered the impacts of the climate crisis.

These young people are asking adult leaders to take this threat seriously. We owe it to these 16 children and children everywhere in the world to do everything we can to solve our climate crisis and protect their rights to a livable future. Add your name to show your support.

Sincerely,

 
Ramin Pejan
Staff Attorney
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Photo Credit: The petitioners attended the global climate strike on Sept. 20, 2019 in New York. Pictured from left to right: Raslene Joubali (Tunisia), Ridhima Pandey (India), Carlos Manuel (Palau), Chiara Sacchi (Argentina), David Ackley III (Marshall Islands), Deborah Adegbile (Nigeria), Iris Duquesne (France), Litokne Kabua (Marshall Islands), Raina Ivanova (Germany), Ranton Anjain (Marshall Islands), Carl Smith (USA), and Catarina Lorenzo (Brazil). (Michael Rubenstein for Earthjustice)
This material is distributed by Earthjustice on behalf of Alexandria Villaseñor, Carl Smith, Catarina Lorenzo, Chiara Sacchi, Greta Thunberg, Ellen-Anne, Iris Duquesne, Raina Ivanova, Raslene Joubali, Debby Adegbile, Ayakha Melithafa, Ridhima Pandey, Carlos Manuel, Litokne Kabua, David Ackley III, and Ranton Anjain. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
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