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Climate change lawsuit: from theory to action<\/a><\/h1>\n

Dejusticia and the Ministry of Environment met with government agencies, academia, and civil society to build together a path forward to comply with the Court’s orders to stop deforestation in the Amazon.<\/p>\n

By Carolina Guti\u00e9rrez Torres<\/a> | May 15, 2018<\/h5>\n

Learn more about the lawsuit<\/h2>\n


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25 Voices Against Deforestation<\/a><\/h3>\n
By Dejusticia<\/a> | May 7, 2018<\/h5>\n

From 17 cities around Colombia, these boys, girls, and young adults between the ages of 7 and 26 were the impetus for the First Lawsuit on Climate Change and the Future Generations of Latin America.
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Here is how litigation for the planet won in Colombia<\/a><\/h3>\n
By C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito<\/a> | May 7, 2018<\/h5>\n

The lawyer for the 25 children and youth who won the lawsuit on deforestation and climate change in the Amazon narrates the case and analyzes the subsequent steps to implement the historic ruling of the Supreme Court.
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Help us build the Intergenerational Pact for the Amazon<\/a><\/h3>\n
By Dejusticia<\/a> | Apr 27, 2018<\/h5>\n

The government and the 25 children and young people who filed a lawsuit to stop deforestation in the Amazon and tackle climate change must now create a plan to achieve this goal. Everyone can join the effort to protect this ecosystem.
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The Amazon is burning<\/a><\/h3>\n
By Diana Rodr\u00edguez Franco<\/a>, Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a> | Apr 16, 2018<\/h5>\n

Part of the solution lies in achieving greater effective control in the territory and economic incentives aligned with conservation. There is not a reason or actor that is single-handedly responsible for what is happening. And although neither the burning nor deforestation are totally new, today they are out of control.
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Amazon, subject of rights<\/a><\/h3>\n
By C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito<\/a> | Apr 13, 2018<\/h5>\n

Recognizing that the Amazon has rights means that all citizens, regardless of whether you are from the region, can demand its protection\u2014even before the courts.
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In historic ruling, Colombian Court protects youth suing the national government for failing to curb deforestation<\/a><\/h3>\n
By Dejusticia<\/a> | Apr 5, 2018<\/h5>\n

The Supreme Court of Justice ordered the protection of the Colombian Amazon from deforestation, ruling in favor of a group of 25 children and youth, who with the support of Dejusticia, sued the Colombian government for failing to protect their rights to life and a healthy environment.
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Litigation, science, and global warming<\/a><\/h3>\n
By C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito<\/a> | Mar 16, 2018<\/h5>\n

With the \u201cscience of attribution,\u201d the Supreme Court of Justice has in its hands the strongest scientific basis by which to decide the lawsuit brought by 25 young people in the coming days.
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Columbia University climate scientist supports climate change litigation case in Colombia<\/a><\/h3>\n
By Dejusticia<\/a> | Mar 15, 2018<\/h5>\n

Scientist Dr. James E. Hansen, a global expert on climate change, submitted an amicus brief supporting the climate change case Dejusticia filed alongside 25 children and young people who are suing the Colombian government for failing to stop deforestation in the Amazon region.
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The Inspector General\u2019s Office intervened to support our legal action on climate change<\/a><\/h3>\n
By Dejusticia<\/a> | Feb 2, 2018<\/h5>\n

The delegate for environmental issues supports the legal action by 25 young people and claims that the Government does not have a clear policy to stop deforestation, the main cause behind the warming of the country’s average temperatures.<\/p>\n