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    Europa entscheidet, dass unzureichende Klimaschutzmaßnahmen eine Verletzung der Menschenrechte darstellen
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    Europa entscheidet, dass unzureichende Klimaschutzmaßnahmen eine Verletzung der Menschenrechte darstellen

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    1. wiredmagazine on

      By Chris Baraniuk

      In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found that Switzerland had not done enough to protect its citizens from climate change—blowing open the door for further cases against governments.

      A group of older women from Switzerland, young people from Portugal, and a former French mayor —they had all brought cases to the court alleging that their governments were not doing enough to battle the climate crisis now regularly [ravaging Europe](https://www.wired.com/story/europe-has-descended-into-the-age-of-fire/) with [heat waves](https://www.wired.com/story/europe-heat-wave-limits/), [droughts](https://www.wired.com/story/europe-drought-2023/), and other extreme weather.

      “It’s really a landmark judgement that was issued today, and it’s going to shape how all future climate change judgements are decided,” says human rights law researcher Corina Heri from the University of Zurich, who was present to hear the court’s decision for herself. “I was really relieved and very happy,” she adds, describing the moment when she heard the results of the judges’ deliberations.

      Read the full story on WIRED: [https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-action-human-rights-violation-europe/](https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-action-human-rights-violation-europe/)

    2. RemyVonLion on

      Europe lives in a progressive bubble, we can only hope the rest of the world is incentivized enough to follow suite, but they seem more intent on pouring everything into AI solutions first, as that benefits both the working class and elites.

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