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Norway's Arctic oil drilling 'breaches human rights'

Young climate activists in Norway have taken the issue of Arctic oil drilling to the European Court of Human Rights. They argue that, by allowing new oil drilling in the midst of a climate crisis, Norway is breaching fundamental human rights.

Norway's government says "the future Norwegian energy sector will be capable of delivering production with low emissions”.

Activist Mia Cathryn Chamberlain told Newshour's Razia Iqbal why she's taken the case to the human rights court.

(Photo shows people holding signs reading "No Arctic Oil" at the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo. Credit: Greenpeace)

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