Court rules S. Korea climate goals 'unconstitutional'
South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists. The case -- known as "Woodpecker et al. v. South Korea" -- included four petitions by children. The court ruled that the government's limited climate targets violate the Constitution as they do "not sufficiently protect the basic rights of the people".
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00:00It's not a crisis, it's the time of justice.
00:10Today, we have regained our position that was taken away from us.
00:15As Germany strengthened its goal of reducing the number of cases in 2040 and 45 in the post-legislative reform process,
00:24we expect that the goal of reducing the number of cases in 2030 will be strengthened by setting a goal of reducing the number of cases by 2050 after 2031.
00:38It's not a crisis, it's the time of justice.
00:49We are called the generation of the future, but we exist and live here now.
00:57We were naturally born into this world, and of course, we have the right to live safely and happily in the climate crisis.
01:07It's not a crisis, it's the time of justice.
01:22So far, the national climate action has not opened up the possibility that the society can recover.
01:28The national reduction goal is not to consider the crisis, but to take international hypersensitivity and reduce the pressure on the industry.
01:36It was only set to shock the conditions.
01:39It's not a crisis, it's the time of justice.