Explainer-How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation : vimarsana.com

Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights? That is the question the European Court of Human Rights will for the first time seek to answer in Strasbourg, France, as it rules this week on three separate climate cases. The verdicts will set a precedent for future litigation on how rising temperatures affect people's right to a liveable planet.

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