1990's first known cases, led by Antonio Oposa, a Philippine lawyer that represented a class-action suit of 43 students against the Philippine government to protect a forest surrounding their village.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_v._United_States#cite_ref-14

Among their arguments, the youths' attorneys asserted that

1/ the lack of governmental action on climate change discriminated against the youths' generation, since they would be most impacted by climate change but

2/ have no voting rights to influence things...

Oposa had won the suit, which led to numerous other lawsuits around the world.[5] As of July 2018, there were over 1,000 such lawsuits filed across 24 countries, with 888 of those within the United States.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_v._United_States#cite_ref-14

part of info for #Juliana #LawSuits Wikipedia page

#Legal #Wins for #ClimateChange or Village trees / forests 🌲 🌳 #Nature for #Future #Children etc