300 young people have sued the Swedish state because they believe that Sweden must take much tougher measures for the climate.
Today, the Supreme Court decides not to raise the case. On their website, they write that it is a fundamental principle not to allow the action of individuals to take advantage of public interests and climate change affects everyone. HD does not therefore consider that the requirements are achieved for this action.
“Individuals are only entitled to judicial review if the state’s omission has resulted in sufficiently imminent and secure effects on their individual rights,” they write.
Got a trial permit in April
In April 2024, the Supreme Court announced that the Auro case would be granted a trial permit.
SVT talked to the youth organization Aurora’s spokesman Ida Edling just before the trial permit was approved, she then said that if the European Court of Justice dropped Switzerland in a similar ongoing case, the Aurora’s trial permit and their chances of winning in a future HD domy would be significantly improved.
“If they judge that states have an obligation to take adequate climate measures, then it will have a huge impact on whether we can win or not,” she said.
Switzerland already judged
The European Court of Justice Sentenced after our interview Switzerland in April 2024 for insufficient climate policy. It was then two older women who brought the country to trial after their health was disproportionately affected by the increasing temperatures. However, two other similar cases in the European Court of Justice were rejected, when regarding Portugal and France.
The lawsuit from Aurora was filed in 2022, and the group members were between 7 and 26 years old. At that time, Ida Edling said like this to SVT:
– We demand that the Swedish state make its fair share of the global measures required for the world to succeed in limiting the global temperature increase by 1.5 degrees, says Ida Edling.