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CNN —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. “It means that all European countries must urgently revise their targets so that they are science-based and aligned to 1.5 degrees. Those two claims were ruled “inadmissible.”Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, second left, joins youths from Portugal during a demonstration outside the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday in Strasbourg, France. Both the International Court of Justice and the Inter American Court of Human Rights have cases pending which relate to the human rights impacts of climate change.
Persons: , ” Gerry Liston, Vesselina Newman, ClientEarth, Greta Thunberg, Jean, Francois Badias, , Catarina dos Santos Mota, ” Liston Organizations: CNN, of Human Rights, Swiss, Switzerland, Global, Network, of Human, International Court of Justice, Inter American Court of Human Locations: France, Strasbourg, Portugal, Switzerland, Swiss
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