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Swiss women win landmark climate victory at human rights court
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government';s inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.The European court';s decision on the case‚ brought by more than 2‚000 women‚ could have a ripple effect across Europe and beyond‚ setting a precedent for how some courts deal with the rising tide of climate litigation argued on the basis of human rights...