International Court Rules Country Violated Human Rights by Not Protecting People from Climate Change

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a country violated human rights by not protecting its citizens from the effects of climate change. The court's decision came after a Swiss association filed a complaint, stating that the government failed to protect older women during heatwaves. The court stated that individuals have the right to effective protection from the adverse effects of climate change on their lives and well-being.

An international court has, for the first time, ruled that a country violated human rights by not protecting people from the effects of climate change. A Swiss association representing more than 2,000 older women filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights saying that their government put them at heightened risk during heatwaves.

Deadly heatwaves that spread across Europe, North America, and China last year would have been “extremely rare or even impossible without human-caused warming,” an international collaboration of researchers called World Weather Attribution found. Climate change is making heatwaves more intense and frequent, and heatwaves pose greater risks to older adults, like the plaintiffs in this landmark suit.

 

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