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    The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland infringed “several” human rights by not doing enough to tackle climate change, in a far-reaching case that also has implications for the Netherlands. The case, the first of its kind at the human rights court, was brought by a group of some 2,000 older Swiss women who are concerned about climate change. Two other cases, one brought by a group of Portuguese youngsters and one by a French mayor, were referred

  • The senior Swiss women who went to court over climate change, and won – podcast

    This week, in a landmark case, the European court of human rights ruled that Switzerland’s weak climate policy had violated the rights of a group of older Swiss women to family life. Ian Sample talks to Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan about why the women brought the case and what the ruling could mean for future climate policy.Read Ajit Niranjan’s article about the court case Continue reading

  • Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts

    Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shiftA landmark legal ruling at the European court of human rights could open the floodgates for a slew of new court cases around the world, experts have said.The Strasbourg-based court said earlier this week that Switzerland’s failure to do enough to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions was a clear violation of the human rights of a group of more than 2,000 older Swiss women. The...