Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe

women against their government in a landmark ruling that could have implications across the continent.

"This is a turning point," said Corina Heri, an expert in climate change litigation at the University of Zurich. Portugal's Catarina dos Santos Mota, centre, attends the session at the European Court of Human Rights. A group called Senior Women for Climate Protection, whose average age is 74, had argued that they were particularly affected because older women are most vulnerable to the extreme heat that is becoming more frequent.

"The European Court of Human Rights stopped short of ordering the Swiss government to take any specific action, underscoring that relief from the Swiss government 'necessarily depends on democratic decision-making' to enact the laws necessary to impose such a remedy," said Richard Lazarus, a professor at Harvard Law School who specialises in environmental and natural resources law.

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