On this planet, there is nothing more important than protecting it and making it suitable for human survival. So while Obama is doing a commendable job on climate change, a bunch of kids are taking him and multiple federal agencies to court.

On Tuesday local time in the United States, a hearing was held on the case of 21 "naughty kids" suing Obama. The small plaintiffs allege that the United States has failed to protect their future rights from being undermined by climate change.

According to CNN, this case is called "the biggest case on earth". What is particularly eye-catching is that it has caused a constitutional controversy. Young people and unborn future generations are discriminated against because they do not have the right to vote to express their rights and interests, but they have to bear the greatest impact of climate warming.

The small plaintiffs also sued, claiming that their rights to life, liberty and property have been violated due to powerful storms, terrible droughts and rising sea levels brought about by climate warming.

The case is seen by some as a long shot, but it is a brave attempt to force the government to do what scientists recommend - eliminating fossil fuels this century.

At the hearing, Judge Ann Aiken heard oral arguments from the children's defense attorney, Julia Olson, attorneys from the Department of Justice and attorneys from the fossil fuel industry. Judge Aiken will likely decide within 60 days whether the case will go to trial.

During the debate, Attorney Olson told the story of one of the plaintiffs, a shy 13-year-old girl named Jayden Foytlin. Foytlin's hometown of Louisiana suffered a rare flood this summer, one that had never occurred in a century. At least 11 people were killed, 40,000 homes were destroyed, and nearly 30,000 people were forced to relocate. Many cities, including the capital Baton Rouge, were immersed in floods.

During that massive flood, Foytlin was suddenly woken up at 5 a.m. when the water in her bedroom was already ankle deep. Her home is not located in a floodplain, and the family does not have flood insurance because their town has never been flooded.

U.S. government scientists attribute flooding directly to climate change.

"I hope that no other family will ever have to go through what I did," Foytlin said at the hearing. "No one wants to bury their loved ones just because the government is deaf to the truth, or because the oil companies just want to bury themselves in money."

“The moment she jumped out of bed, she jumped directly into efforts to mitigate climate change,” attorney Olson said.

Some media believe that this case involves not only the constitutional disputes and damages caused by the "naughty children", but also whether the government has adopted a deliberately indifferent attitude towards the consequences of using highly polluting energy systems when it is already known.

Quin Sorenson, a lawyer representing the fossil fuel industry, said at the hearing that to the extent you can't link specific pollution to specific harms, the case lacks the standard for judging those relationships. He further questioned whether governments are causing climate change or simply allowing it to happen. "That's not creating danger, it's appeasing danger," he said.

Department of Justice attorney Sean Duffy acknowledged that climate change is real and we are making it happen. But federal courts are not the forum to hammer out solutions, and "the kids made a good case, but it should be heard in the halls of Congress."

Despite this, this group of children from all over the United States did not intend to give up.

Nick Venner, a 15-year-old boy in Colorado, said, "If I didn't have hope for this, I would be playing games on the computer now... Of course, this is a hope." ”

Aji Piper, a 16-year-old boy in Seattle, said, "You think this is a meaningless struggle, but you know climate change is real...So, you still have to fight for it, because it is the only thing you can do." ”

The youngest of this group of "naughty kids" is only 9 years old. She is Levi Draheim from Florida.

When we look back at this moment with the eyes of the future, think about what we owe our children? What do we owe future generations?