Posted on 04/10/2024 9:10:56 AM PDT by Twotone
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 could have a ripple effect across the globe.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France delivered its ruling in a case brought by more than 2,000 Swiss women, the majority of whom are in their 70s, against Switzerland’s government. They argued that climate change-fueled heat waves undermined their health and quality of life, and put them at risk of dying.
The court ruled that the Swiss government had violated some of the women’s human rights due to “critical gaps” in its national legislation to reduce planet-heating emissions, as well as a failure to meet past climate targets.
This amounted to a breach of the women’s rights to effective protection from the “the serious adverse effects of climate change on lives, health, well-being and quality of life,” the court said in a statement.
It marks the first time the court has ruled on climate litigation. There is no right of appeal and the judgment is legally binding.
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4/9/2024, 1:03:30 PM · by Oldeconomybuyer · 25 replies
Reuters ^ | April 9, 2024 | By Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett and Christian Levaux
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European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction
4/9/2024, 5:32:22 PM · by RandFan · 13 replies
BBC ^ | April 9 | BBC
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Clinton’s last act was to sign this piece of S approval for
the ICC.
Bush could have stricken it down.
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