Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling

Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by IAMMidway on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:58AM (#39978123)

Becaus it shows the ECHR is not a serious institution if PR-tricks like using "seniors" to bring forth your case helps you win.

The ECHR needs to be abolished and Switzerland needs to leave this court.

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Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by TheGeminon on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:16AM (#39978236)

So this would be a worthwhile case if a youthful physicist was bringing the complaint?

As per the article, they are arguing that seniors are particularly affected by climate change due to heat waves, and these are causing deaths.

The 2022 heatwaves had hundreds of deaths attributed to climate change in Switzerland: https://lenews.ch/2023/07/08/climate-change-behind-60-percen...

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Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by tomp on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:24AM (#39978286)

The issue with people dying from heat waves has nothing to do with climate change.

The issue is that Switzerland outlawed air conditioning for private homes (still allowed in shopping centres though!)

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Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by myrion on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @02:10AM (#39987457)

Show me that law, because as far as I can tell, that's complete nonsense.

I know of a bunch of people who legally purchased and installed aircon in their homes.

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Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by tomp on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @03:04AM (#39987784)

It might vary by canton, I’m in Zürich.

Yeah you can buy the mobile AC unit, but none of the new-builds in the past 10+ years come with a built-in (fixed) unit.

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