European Court of Human Rights to Rule on Whether Governments Must Protect People From Climate Change

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesApr 8, 2024, 5:07 pm328 ptsTop
This week, the European Court of Human Rights could make a landmark ruling that governments have an obligation to protect people from the adverse impacts of climate change. Judges will rule on three distinct cases concerning whether people’s human rights were breached when governments failed to protect them…

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