President Obama is being sued by children.

A group of American children called Our Children's Trust appeared in Oregon court to sue President Obama for failing to protect them from climate change.

President Barack Obama (right) and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at the ceremony confirming the US ratification of the Paris climate change agreement, held in Hangzhou on September 3 - Photo: Reuters

According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit, filed by teenagers aged 9-20, alleges that "the federal government's inaction has harmed the youngest generation" of the nation.

Accordingly, despite being aware for over 50 years that air pollution causes climate change, the U.S. federal government has failed to implement plans to curb excessive emissions. Instead, government officials have promoted the development and use of fossil fuels, according to the plaintiffs' allegations.

Our Children's Trust argues that their constitutional rights, liberty, and property are being violated by increasingly violent storms, increasingly severe droughts, and rising sea levels due to global warming.

Nine-year-old Levi Draheim is one of 21 children who sued President Obama and the US administration over climate change - Photo: CNN

CNN reported that at the trial, which began on September 13, plaintiff's lawyer Julia Olson cited the story of 13-year-old Jayden Foytlin from Louisiana about the devastating floods in the state in August of this year.

That was the morning Foytlin woke up in her bedroom, found her feet submerged in water, and to this day she still has to sleep in the living room because her bedroom was damaged by the floodwaters.

However, my family did not receive flood insurance because the area where we live has never experienced flooding before, and that particular flood was a result of climate change, as scientists have concluded.

More seriously, the situation is likely to worsen if people continue burning fossil fuels and increasing global temperatures.

"I'm being affected, my generation is being affected, the state of Louisiana is being affected by climate change," Jayden Foytlin stated. - Photo: CNN

The trial was also attended by lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice and representatives from the fossil fuel industry.

Department of Justice lawyer Sean Duffy acknowledges that climate change is a real issue.

However, Duffy argued that the federal court was not the place to find a solution, and that it depended on what the President and Congress did to address the issue.

Following the hearing, Judge Ann Aiken will review the case for 60 days and decide whether to proceed with the trial.

This lawsuit, dubbed "the biggest lawsuit on the planet," has sparked constitutional debate about the discrimination faced by young people and the unborn generation, who lack the right to vote but are the most severely affected by climate change.

What did President Obama do?

CNN climate writer John D. Sutter argues that President Obama deserves more praise for his climate action than any previous U.S. president. However, scientists still believe his contributions are insufficient.

According to the Daily Mail, President Obama attempted to address this issue during his term, but Republican members obstructed his plans. They even mocked his focus on what they considered less urgent issues than the economy and national defense.

However, former Environmental Protection Agency director Carol Browner said that Obama did everything he could, both internationally and through existing legislation, to kickstart clean energy sectors and reduce emissions from vehicles and power plants.

“I don’t want to see any family go through what I went through,” 13-year-old plaintiff Jayden Foytlin told CNN reporters after the trial. “No one deserves to bury their loved ones simply because the government wants to evade the truth, or just because oil companies want to bask in the money.”

According to Tuoitre.