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The seeds of this week’s historic victory by an association of elderly women at the European Court of Human Rights were sown in the baking heat of summer 2003. That year, a heat wave killed as many as 70,000 people across Europe, with a disproportionate number of deaths occurring among…
The European Court of Human Rights ruled this week that Switzerland had 'failed to comply with its duties' to combat climate change, violating the Eur...
The European Court of Human Rights made a groundbreaking ruling this morning that could increase legal pressure on governments worldwide to take more action to limit global warming. The lawsuit was brought by over 2,000 elderly Swiss women who believe Switzerland has not done enough to combat climate change, thereby violating their human rights. The…
The European Court of Human Rights's ruling is expected to resonate across Europe and beyond, and to embolden more communities to bring climate cases against governments.