Climate groups hail 'monumental' victory in European human rights legal ruling

Michael Holder
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Credit: Shervine Nafissi / Greenpeace

European Court of Human Rights rules against Swiss government in landmark climate case brought by group of 2,000 women

A group of Swiss climate campaigners have won a landmark legal victory at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which today ruled the Swiss government had breached its human rights duties by failing...

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