The Play of Everyman provides a unique insight into Norway's first climate lawsuit. In 2016, Nature & Youth and Greenpeace sued the Norwegian state for granting oil licenses in the Barents Sea, which they believed violated the environmental §112 of the Norwegian Constitution.
Norwegian citizens have a record high trust in the state. At the same time, Norway, as the world's seventh-largest exporter of CO2, contributes to the climate crisis threatening the basis of life and the diversity of nature. Do future generations and nature have any legal protection in Norway?
This question was put at the forefront of the climate lawsuit, which was referred to as the trial of the century. With a strictly observational method, the film forces us to reflect on Norway's responsibility to protect nature and the climate and how law and politics merge. The documentary was filmed exclusively inside the courtroom in Borgarting Court of Appeal in 2019 and the Supreme Court House in 2020.
