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Hopes had been high for a legal turning point ahead of the rulings in the three cases, treated as a priority by the 17 judges of the court’s Grand Chamber. “It’s a huge victory for us and a legal precedent for all the states of the Council of Europe,” she said.“All over the world more and more people are taking their government to court, holding them responsible for their actions,” she said inside the court after attending the rulings.Joie Chowdhury, a lawyer from the Center for International Environmental Law, said the ruling was “historic”.

Gerry Liston, of the NGO Global Legal Action Network, said before the rulings that a victory in any of the three cases could constitute “the most significant legal development on climate change for Europe since the signing of the Paris 2015 Agreement”.The Swiss government said it would examine measures it should take following the ruling.

Their case was not only against Portugal but also 31 other states — every European Union country, plus Council of Europe members Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The court found that Damien Careme, former mayor of the northern French coastal town of Grande-Synthe, was not a victim in the case as he had moved to Brussels at the time of his complaint in 2021.

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