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Swiss Women Win Landmark Climate Victory

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The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland’s failure to address climate change violated its citizens’ human rights.

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  1. Triblive

    Swiss women score a landmark climate win in a court decision that could ripple across Europe (opens Triblive)

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    STRASBOURG, France — Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations must protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change in a landmark ruling that sided with a group of 2,000 Swiss women against their government in a case that could have implications across …

  2. RedState

    Swiss Women Win Lawsuit Claiming Gov't Violated Their Human Rights by Failing to Combat Climate Change (opens RedState)

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  3. Time

    Top European Court Hands Swiss Women Landmark Climate Win (opens Time)

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    The European Court of Human Rights ruled that its member nations must protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change.

  4. The Columbian

    Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe (opens The Columbian)

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    STRASBOURG, France — Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of older Swiss women

  5. CNN

    International court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women (opens CNN)

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    An international court ruled Switzerland’s failure to tackle the climate crisis violated human rights, in a judgment experts say could have a ripple effect across the globe.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Swiss women win landmark case on climate change in European court (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Verdict will have ripple effect in Europe and beyond, likely setting precedent for how courts deal with climate cases.

  7. The World from PRX

    Swiss women clinch climate win (opens The World from PRX)

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    A group of Swiss women, mostly in their 70s, won a major victory for climate activists in an international court in France on Tuesday. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that Switzerland’s failure to combat the climate crisis violated human rights and undermined the women’s healt…

  8. The Guardian

    Human rights violated by Switzerland inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case (opens The Guardian)

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    Court finds in favour of group of older Swiss women who claimed weak policies put them at greater risk of death from heatwaves

  9. Vox

    How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case (opens Vox)

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    The European Court of Human Rights ruled Switzerland’s failures on climate are a human rights violation.

  10. Fortune

    Group of Swiss women win the first-ever climate case victory (opens Fortune)

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    The court ruled that Switzerland 'had failed to comply with its duties' to combat climate change and meet emissions targets.

  11. Carbon Brief

    European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction (opens Carbon Brief)

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    A group of 2,000 older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights.

  12. Clean Tech Nica

    Swiss Climate Group Wins Victory At European Court Of Human Rights (opens Clean Tech Nica)

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    A group of older women in Switzerland has won an important climate case before the European Court of Human Rights.

  13. Salon

    Swiss seniors win first-ever human-rights case on climate change (opens Salon)

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    "We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," leader says after European court breakthrough on climate

  14. Foreign Policy

    Swiss Women Win Landmark Climate Victory (opens Foreign Policy)

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    The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland’s failure to address climate change violated its citizens’ human rights.

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