Japan Faces $6-a-Person Lawsuit Over Climate Change Risks

More than 450 people are suing Japan’s government and seeking damages of 1,000 yen ($6) each, alleging one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters isn’t doing enough to combat global warming.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday at the Tokyo District Court, argues the nation’s climate targets aren’t ambitious enough to meet global commitments to limit the Earth’s temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.