2024-04-14 02:44:02
It is increasingly common that the battle against climate change be fought in court as governments, laws and companies are sued for their role in the crisis.
Yesterday he European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, its first such ruling against a state, after a women’s association filed a legal challenge.
The number of court cases related to climate change doubled between 2017 and 2022, according to the UN Environment and Development Programme. Sabin Center for Climate Change Law from Columbia University.
By mid-December, there had been more than 2,500 cases worldwide, according to the annual report of the Sabin Center, with more than 1,600 in the United States.
Of the cases presented, 135 corresponded to developing countries, including the so-called Small Island States in Development, remote nations whose lands are some of the most threatened.
In addition to governments, companies can also be subject to lawsuits, in which litigants press for compensation. compensation and their business behavior is modified.
A new strategy employed by activists is so-called “greenwashing,” which accuses companies or organizations of deceptive practices that hide their true environmental footprint. The International Association Football Federation (FIFA) is one of those accused of this practice.
SWISS
According to ECHR, the European country violated the European Convention of Human Rights cwith their climate inaction, in a historic decision that establishes the responsibility of States in the face of global warming.
“It’s just the beginning in climate litigation. Around the world, more and more people are taking their governments to court to hold them accountable for their actions,” celebrated the Swedish climate activist. Greta Thunberg.
This first ruling was highly anticipated because it could establish jurisprudence in the 46 member countries of this international organization to which it belongs.
The decision came the same day that the observatory Copernicus warned that the world recorded heat records for the tenth consecutive month in March.
Last month a temperature was recorded media which exceeded by 1.68 °C that of a usual March during the pre-industrial period (1850-1900).
The signatory countries of the Paris Climate Agreement committed in 2015 to limit the rise in temperature to 1.5 ºC compared to that period. /AFP
They paint dealership car in Lausanne
PROTEST. Yesterday, members of the organization Liberate and Renew Switzerland sprayed orange paint on the building of a sales center of the German car manufacturer Porsche.
The same day as the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) condemned the country for its inaction in defense of the environment, four activists sprayed orange paint on a Porsche dealership in Lausanne to “release to Switzerland of cars that run on fossil fuels.”
In a press release, the Swiss movement “Act Now!” indicates that the four people, after fumigating the building, sat in front displaying banners of their new “Liberate Switzerland” campaign. Police arrived and carried out searches but did not arrest anyone, the statement indicates.
The new campaign climate activists Calls on Switzerland to ban the sale of new cars powered by fossil fuels from 2025 and to invest massively in alternative mobility and public transport.
The activists indicated that they will continue with non-violent actions, stating that “civil resistance is the sign of a living and healthy democracy.” /24 HOURS
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