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Thousands of elderly Swiss women have joined forces in a groundbreaking case heard on Wednesday (29 March) at the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that their government's "woefully inadequate" efforts to fight global warming violate their human rights.
The European Court of Human Rights heard two landmark lawsuits that could influence climate change emissions cuts across the world.
Judgments across public and private sector expected to throw light on worst perpetrators and force action
The Children and Young Adults Taking the Climate Fight to the Courts 02/01/2021 A group of chinstrap penguins walk atop an iceberg near Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, February 2020. Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino/Files. As temperatures, seas, and related crises rise around the globe, a swelling tide of climate lawsuits is inundating courts. According to a 2019 report, more than 1,300 climate crisis cases have been brought against governments, companies, and other entities in at least 28 nations. But these are uncharted waters for legal and ecological stewardship. Judges are being as...