Raise your voice for Climate Justice

The Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection as well as four individual plaintiffs have brought an action against Switzerland before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for pursuing an inadequate climate policy and thus violating its human rights. On March 29, 2023, their case was the first climate complaint ever to be heard in public before the Grand Chamber of the ECHR. A good year later, the judgment will now be handed down: On April 9, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., the Grand Chamber of the ECHR will announce its decision at the courthouse in Strasbourg.
The ruling sets a precedent as to whether and to what extent states with an inadequate climate policy violate their duty to protect human rights.
A victory for the Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection and the individual plaintiffs would therefore not only be an important victory for older women in Switzerland. It would be a victory for all generations. Across Europe.
© Miriam Künzli / Greenpeace

You can make a difference.

Individuals and communities are taking action now to hold governments and corporations to account.

What if communities and nature came before power and greed?

Every human being has fundamental rights: health, food, and safety. Governments have the obligation to protect our human rights in the face of the climate crisis. Polluting corporations are using every tactic to delay meaningful climate action. People need to hold governments and corporations accountable, to accelerate a just transition to renewable energies.

The climate breakdown is putting everyone’s present and future at risk. And those who have contributed the least to the problem are the most exposed. It’s not fair! It’s time for all of us to assert our rights, and demand climate justice, and a dignified way of life, for all of us.

Swiss Senior Women Vote for Climate Protection. © Greenpeace / Piero Good

Every human being has fundamental rights: health, food, and safety. Governments have the obligation to protect our human rights in the face of the climate crisis. Polluting corporations are using every tactic to delay meaningful climate action. People need to hold governments and corporations accountable, to accelerate a just transition to renewable energies.

Rising sea levels are swallowing up islands, extreme storms are devastating communities, and each year is increasingly hotter, among many other climate related disasters. Life as we know it is at risk. Governments and corporations need to be held accountable for the climate crisis. Together, we can make them take immediate steps to protect current and future generations.

A man carries a child along a flooded street during stormy weather in Fnideq, Morocco. © Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images

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