Climate activists seek breakthrough human rights court ruling against European states

First-ever speedcubing competition in P.E.I. draws large crowd | SaltWire #rubikscube #charlottetownLONDON - The European Court of Human Rights decides on Tuesday whether insufficient government action on climate change can amount to a human rights violation, in three rulings that could give legal leverage to climate activists across the continent.

More than 2,000 elderly Swiss women argue that their government's"woefully inadequate" efforts to fight the heating of the planet put them at risk of dying during heatwaves. They seek a ruling that could force Bern to cut fossil fuel emissions much faster than planned. The rulings, which cannot be appealed, are also likely to serve as a guide for the fast-growing field of climate litigation.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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