In 2040, the year when the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts the planet will be irreversibly damaged by rising temperatures, Levi Draheim will be just 33. He’s one of 21 young people suing the federal government, saying it hasn’t done enough to protect the planet from climate change.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Draheim.
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