The historic decision of the European Court of Human Rights on climate change;
The Swiss government was condemned by the complaint of two thousand women.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday (April 9) that the Swiss government had violated the “human rights” of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change.
The lawsuit was filed against the government by more than 2,000 Swiss women, and the ruling in their favor is expected to influence court decisions across Europe and beyond, and embolden other organizations to bring climate cases against governments. .
The Swiss women plaintiffs in the case, known as “KlimaSeniorinnen”, are over 64 years old and say the Swiss government’s lack of action to combat climate change puts them at risk of dying during a heat wave.
They also argued that because of their age and gender, the ineffectiveness of the Swiss government made them more vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
In her ruling, the president of the court, Siofra O’Leary, said that the failure of the Swiss government to meet its targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to provide national funding, means that “future generations will probably face the more severe consequences of current failures and neglect to combat change.” climate” to face.
However, the Climate Change Agency of the European Union said that in March of this year, for the 10th month in a row, the air temperature in the whole world was higher than the average, and it was recorded 1.58 degrees Celsius above the average.
Samantha Burgess, an expert from the European Union’s Climate Change Agency, said on Tuesday (April 9) that March this year was the warmest March in the recorded history of air temperature in the world and broke all previous records of air temperature and ocean surface water temperature. .
Mrs. Burgess called the increase in the temperature of ocean water in the last ten months completely abnormal.
The temperature of the ocean water, which covers 70% of the earth, is very important for the survival of humans and other living beings.
Warmer oceans mean more moisture in the Earth’s atmosphere and cause severe climate changes such as strong winds, storms and extensive and unusual rainfall.
Environmental activists see this ruling as a legal milestone after the Paris Agreement, which sets targets for countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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