Judge dismisses youth climate crisis lawsuit against Ontario government

Judge says weak climate plans will increase risk of death for Canada’s young people but do not violate Charter rights

A judge has warned Ontario’s weak climate plans will “increase the risk of death” for Canada’s young people – but dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group worried that government inaction on global heating threatens their futures.

Justice Marie-Andrée Vermette of Ontario superior court issued a decision on Tuesday that found that while both young people and Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change, government failures to react were not a breach of their rights.