Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Period20 May 2024

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  • Title Climate change is a human rights issue
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    Date20/05/24
    DescriptionIn April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of a group of seniors who alleged that the Swiss government’s failure to meet climate change mitigation targets is having an adverse impact on their health, well-being and quality of life.

    This landmark decision by the highest human rights court in Europe confirms not only that climate change is intimately linked to human rights, but effectively holds all European governments accountable to adopt more rigorous measures to combat climate change.
    URLhttps://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-a-human-rights-issue-228156
    PersonsDavid Kuan-Wei Chen, Hoda Asgarian