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The senior Swiss women who went to court over climate change, and won

The senior Swiss women who went to court over climate change, and won

Science Weekly vor 2 Jahren

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland’s weak climate policy had violated the rights of a group of older Swiss women to family life. Ian Sample and Ajit Niranjan discuss why the women brought the case and what the ruling could mean

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This week, in a landmark case, the European court of human rights
ruled that Switzerland’s weak climate policy had violated the
rights of a group of older Swiss women to family life. Ian Sample
talks to Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan about why
the women brought the case and what the ruling could mean for
future climate policy.. Help support our independent journalism at
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