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Swiss grannies upstage Greta as court rules on climate ‘rights’

13 April 2024

10:12 AM

13 April 2024

10:12 AM

There is a mountain of irony in a group of four elderly women in Switzerland being concerned about the threat of extreme heat caused by climate change. They evidently think that countries can affect their own climate and stop any warming in their nation if only the government took some action.

They went to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg to pursue their claim.

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