Many of you will remember the fires we experienced here in the Staffordshire Moorlands a couple of years ago. Frightening and destructive though they were, they could not compare to the extensive fires experienced across Australia, and parts of Europe which devastated thousands of miles across these countries. Portugal has recently been badly hit by fires with smoke and temperatures reaching unbearable levels.
Six young people, who have lived through these record breaking heatwaves and unprecedented forest fires in their country, have experienced the deadly consequences that climate change has already brought. They, with the help of Youth for Climate Justice and Global Action Legal Network are taking thirty three European countries to Court. These young activists are:-