Hannah Kim, eight, and Jeah Han, 12, are part of a group of activists that won a four-year fight to tackle climate inaction. For them, it is just the beginning
Jeah Han holds a file containing her closing argument outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul in May 2024. The climate campaigner says she has felt the direct impacts of the climate crisis.Jeah Han holds a file containing her closing argument outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul in May 2024. The climate campaigner says she has felt the direct impacts of the climate crisis.
“I was so happy when the verdict came out, but mum cried” Hannah says. Her mother, Sujin Namgung, describes how Hannah “was smiling so widely that all her teeth were showing” in the courtroom when the decision was announced.Hannah Kim, in the purple shirt, attends a press conference with fellow climate activists after the constitutional court ruled that South Korea’s climate change law was unconstitutional in part.“The constitutional court listened to the voices of children and adolescents.
She has been involved in climate activism since she was 10, and tried various activities such as litter picking and reducing plastic use, but felt disheartened at the lack of results. “No matter what I did, it seemed like the world wasn’t changing for the better,” she says.Jeah Han and her mother, Kim Eun-jae, leave South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul last week. She joined the climate litigation group aged 15.
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