Earlier this month, a group of older Swiss women won a landmark climate case at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The court ruled that Switzerland’s weak climate policy had violated their rights to private and family life — an outcome that will change the legal landscape on the climate crisis.
In Europe, this binding court ruling means that 47 signatory states now have a clear legal duty to ensure their climate action is sufficient to protect human rights. And the outcome will potentially influence climate cases around the world, too. It was a privilege for ClientEarth to support their efforts by providing our legal expertise to the court.
