RABAB
ALI
FELIX
FINKBEINER
Ali, 11 (shown with
her brother, Ali Monis,
seven), has sued the
Pakistani government,
asserting that it has
violated her generation’s
right to live in a healthy
environment by allowing
damage from mining and
from burning fossil fuels,
namely coal. She won a
decision affirming that
juveniles have a right to
sue. Ali’s father, an envi-
ronmental lawyer, filed
the claim on her behalf.
HUMAYUN MEMONFinkbeiner, 22, a National
Geographic Young
Explorer, founded a
tree-planting nonprofit
in his German village
in 2007, when he was
just nine. Plant-for-the-
Planet’s workshops, which
teach children about
global warming, have
created an army of more
than 93,000 “climate jus-
tice ambassadors” who
have become activists in
their communities.
DANA SCRUGGS82 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC