Swiss articles
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Why environmentalists should worry about the ECHR's Swiss climate ruling
The ECHR's ruling on climate inaction in Switzerland undermines democracy - and risks a backlash against climate action, writes John Flesher.
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How Swiss women won a landmark climate case for Europe
Last week a group of older women successfully challenged the Swiss government’s climate policies at the European court of human rights. Isabella Kaminski reports“It took me a while until the penny dropped that we’d actually won.”Elisabeth Stern, 76, is a climate activist with the KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz (Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland), a campaign group of 2,400 older Swiss women. Continue reading
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U.S. could use a Swiss-style 'debt brake'
Recently, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution from Sen. Mike Braun that “commits to preventing the looming fiscal crisis in the United States.”