An international court in France on Tuesday ruled Switzerland’s failure to adequately tackle the climate crisis was in violation of human rights, in a landmark climate judgment that experts say could have a ripple effect across the globe.
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France delivered rulings on a trio of separate climate lawsuits, one brought by more than 2,000 older Swiss women against Switzerland, who argued that climate change-fueled heatwaves undermined their health and quality of life and put them at risk of dying. The court ruled that the Swiss government had breached some of the women’s human rights by failing to meet previous targets to cut planet-heating pollution.
All three argued that governments’ failure to adequately cut planet-heating pollution caused them harm, including violating their rights to life, their wellbeing and mental health. These lawsuits mark the first time the court has ruled on climate litigation. There is no right of appeal and the judgments are legally binding.
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