South Korea court to rule on embryo plaintiff climate case

In Asia's first such case, the plaintiffs claim South Korea's legally binding climate commitments are insufficient and unmet, violating their constitutionally guaranteed human rights. A similar youth-led effort recently succeeded in the US state of Montana, while another is being heard at the European Higher Court. The case -- known as "Woodpecker et al. v. South Korea" after the in-utero nickname of an embryo, now toddler, involved -- includes four petitions by children. In 2021, South Korea...