‘We Have a Responsibility’: The Older Women Suing Switzerland to Demand Climate Action
Switzerland’s KlimaSeniorinnen are taking the government to court for doing too little to tackle the climate crisis.
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Switzerland’s KlimaSeniorinnen are taking the government to court for doing too little to tackle the climate crisis.
The Klimaseniorinnen have taken their government to the ECHR arguing for heat’s disproportionate impact on women.
Despite being at the forefront of climate movements, women continue to be absent from climate decision-making processes.
Thousands of retired Swiss women engage in a legal battle to claim their government's insufficient action on climate change.
“It may influence the extent to which we see gender-based litigation, in Europe and maybe internationally”- Linnéa Nordlander
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