Switzerland told it must do better on climate after older women’s ECHR win
by Isabella Kaminski from on (#6VRQN)
Council of Europe says Swiss government failing to respect human rights court's ruling on emissions
The Swiss government has been told it must do more to show that its national climate plans are ambitious enough to comply with a landmark legal ruling.
The Council of Europe's committee of ministers, in a meeting this week, decided that Switzerland was not doing enough to respect a decision last year by the European court of human rights that it must do more to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and rejected the government's plea to close the case.
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