Switzerland’s climate shortfalls: EU court links climate crisis & human rights

Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that the failure of the Swiss government to adequately tackle climate change is a violation of human rights.
The case was brought by more than 2,000 women.
The landmark ruling could have far reaching implications for other European countries.
Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela reports.
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[@satnamo]

Every national court in Switzerland has an obligation to connect climate change with human rights ❤

[@stadex4203]

I am Swiss, let's make something crystal clear this verdict is nothing to celebrate, it is a political verdict, in Switzerland it is our parliament and our voters (Direct Democracy) who make the laws not judges. This verdict is a danger to the middle class who will end up facing higher prices and bans. This verdict is the biggest own goal in the history of this court, it just confirmed Swiss concerns about attacks on Swiss independence from international organizations and treaties that seek control over our country and our way of life. A country where citizens recycle their glass, paper, carton, metal and oils is convicted of wrongdoing whilst countries all over the third World have trucks with thick black smoke coming out the exhaust, garbage burning by the street, rivers full of garbage. This court has just made itself the laughing stock of Europe and the World.

[@torablack]

How about instead of protesting they pick up litter and walk/bike to the store instead of driving?

[@TGWazoo1]

Why is an EU court even hearing a case against a non-EU country brought by non-EU plaintiffs? And still no explanation as to how the ruling is enforceable.

[@kidd7359]

Hotter climate means more migration from south America, Africa, and asia. Those are the victims of our carbon emissions

[@stevecochrane8799]

Or maybe they just want jobs.

[@kidd7359]

@@stevecochrane8799 and cars, and a comfortable lifestyle. Silly people, don't they understand wanting leads to violence, crime, and misery.

[@stadex4203]

Not true, the heat will actually go to the poles not the equator region. We are at the end of an ice age so of course there is warming. It is the sun, cosmic rays and geothermal heat that warm the Earth more than anything else. Cities are warmer because of human activity, concrete buildings, roads etc., but Satelite data proves that the oceans aren't warmer and the sensors outside of cities for example by forests also aren't warmer. We have been hoodwinked by corrupt politicians and scientists addicted to Government grants who cherry pick data and even falsify data to fit their Global warming economic agenda, now that they know that Global warming isn't happening the way that they alledge they started to use the term climate change, climate change has always happened on this planet and they know this, the Earth was once a lump of dust, lava crust, ice crust, a single continent etc. This planet is changing all the time. CO2 is plant food, it is life, we are carbon based life forms, if CO2 disappeared tomorrow we would all die for sure, this scenario actually almost happend once before. There are documentaries with dissenting scientists that explain it better than I can.

[@kidd7359]

@@stadex4203 the earth is always changing. 50,000,000 yrs. Ago the oceans were acidified and the average temp. Was 40*c. We humans have the capacity to effect the earths climate. Are you getting paid by gas and oil corps. I'm not, and I would like to have free energy, that wasn't used to nudge our economies

[@stadex4203]

@@kidd7359 Your climate position means more inflation with higher gas, food and other prices. My position means that people get to do what they want without being harassed by CO2 taxes and other ridiculous stuff that doesn't fix anything but that takes people's money out of their pockets and confronts them with bans and other restrictions. Maybe you are being financed by Lithium barons and big banks that stand to benefit tremendously from electrification and carbon capture finance, I personally would prefer oil money any day 🤣. When we see the Earth ripped up with craters to mine lithium and other metals it will make the oil business look like goody two shoes.

[@rereertege7571]

Absolute horseshit, Switzerland has almost 70% renewable energy production (hydro mostly) meanwhile almost every other european country is VERY FAR below that, even if Switzerland disappeared randomly from one day to the next, it would do literally nothing to stop climate change if it works how we believe it works. Also ironic how the court is in Brussels. The Belgians don't have a great record of human rights... Wanna talk about the Congo?

[@Kaoson73]

Surtout ne pas confondre les Suisses qui parlent Français avec les Français.

[@isoldeb557]

Such fantastic news!

[@ioneeamigo8357]

Nonsense

[@diegodelbustocollina7714]

This is lunatic

[@puntura]

what is wrong with the people. I am living in 42 degree C. what heat wave ?

[@Earth-Angel-639]

Huge mistake for doing this- this will cost heavily- Earth Angel 639

[@loretta231]

There a many countries in the world, much much hotter than siwtzerland, and even there people over 60 exist... The average Temperatur in Switzerland in 2023 was 7,23 degrees...

[@ingridasvilainyte8783]

Most idiotic thing I ever heard