Senior women win landmark case for better climate protection | DW News

A group of retired Swiss women, all aged over 64, has won a landmark case at Europe’s top human rights court. The judges accepted their argument that older women are particularly vulnerable to global warming. And they ruled that Switzerland's government was not taking sufficient action to protect them. Activists hope the ruling will increase the pressure on governments to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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00:00 Swiss women over 64 win landmark case in climate protection
00:23 Jessica Simor, human rights lawyer and represented the women at the court
06:15 Louise Osborne, DW Senior Climate Reporter

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