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Weather: How unusual is heat in April?: At the weekend it could get up to 30 degrees in Germany. Why such values ​​are currently occurring and what makes them ...
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Weather: How unusual is heat in April?
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After 500 years of climate change: more deserts, fewer boreal coniferous forests: Scientists have investigated how climate change could alter the face of the ...
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After 500 years of climate change: more deserts, fewer boreal coniferous ...
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"Cold blob" in the Atlantic could influence summer in Europe: Europe is warming rapidly. Researchers are now showing what the “cold spot” off Greenland and the ...
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A ruling by the ECHR for climate protection: The time for lawsuits is not over: A clear verdict from Strasbourg for climate protection: Government failures ...
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A ruling by the ECHR for climate protection: The time for lawsuits is not ...
Quick Glance: Landmark Ruling: Switzerland Convicted for Inadequate Climate Protection
  • The European Court of Human Rights convicted Switzerland for inadequate climate protection, considering it a violation of human rights.

  • The ruling pertains to a group of senior women in Switzerland whose human rights were infringed due to insufficient climate protection.

  • This groundbreaking verdict could set precedents for further climate-related lawsuits, both internationally and domestically.

  • Additional climate lawsuits from Portugal and France were dismissed by the court, while the ruling in Switzerland carries significant implications.
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What climate change costs: Researchers at the Potsdam Institute (PIK) estimate that global warming could soon cost 35 trillion euros - every year.
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What climate change costs
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Weather: April does what climate change wants: One cannot generalize what was observed in Germany on April 6th and 7th. But one thing is certain: it's getting ...
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Weather: April does what climate change wants
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Swiss Re's warning amid record natural disaster losses: Reinsurance giant says "in the face of climate change, adaptation and insurance can only go so ...
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Swiss Re's warning amid record natural disaster losses
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What the current climate records mean for the world: With all the crises, the world is hardly taking any notice of global warming. Yet mitigating it could also ...
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What the current climate records mean for the world
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How realistic are climate-neutral flights?: Flying with sunlight, CO₂-neutral kerosene: Many airlines advertise that they are particularly sustainable ...
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How realistic are climate-neutral flights?
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Swiss Re's warning amid record natural disaster losses: Reinsurance giant says "in the face of climate change, adaptation and insurance can only go so ...
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Swiss Re's warning amid record natural disaster losses
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Ethics Council recommends higher prices for "climate-damaging products": The German Ethics Council proposes making the wealthy pay more to tackle the climate ...
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Ethics Council recommends higher prices for
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Highgate XR protest for Trudi Warner at Wood Green Crown Court: A group of people held a protest outside Wood Green Crown Court to defend the rights of juries to ...
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Highgate XR protest for Trudi Warner at Wood Green Crown Court
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WMO report: 2023 was 1.45 degrees too warm: CO₂ emissions, melting glaciers, heat in the ocean: the World Weather Organization reports records for all climate ...
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WMO report: 2023 was 1.45 degrees too warm
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European Climate Ruling Will Have Global Implications, Experts Say: The landmark ruling Tuesday that faulted Switzerland’s climate policies could force countries ...
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European Climate Ruling Will Have Global Implications, Experts Say
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Tick-borne encephalitis cases double in Switzerland compared to previous year - SWI swissinfo.ch
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Tick-borne encephalitis cases double in Switzerland compared to previous ...
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Climate change in Switzerland: Help, a judge!: The reactions to the climate judgment from Strasbourg show: Switzerland still does not understand what constitutes ...
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Climate change in Switzerland: Help, a judge!
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Hedwig Richter, Bernd Ullrich: “Democracy and Revolution”: In their polemic “Democracy and Revolution,” Hedwig Richter and Bernd Ulrich sharply analyze what is ...
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Hedwig Richter, Bernd Ullrich: “Democracy and Revolution”
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Climate seniors win their lawsuit against Switzerland: The climate seniors from Switzerland have achieved a decisive success before the European Court of Human ...
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Climate seniors win their lawsuit against Switzerland
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European court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women
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European court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate ...
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When the climate is the smaller problem: The small ski areas in the region will see major investments in the next few years. Many hobby businesses are threatened ...
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When the climate is the smaller problem
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Swiss women win climate case at top European court: The European Court of Human Rights ruled on April 9 in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had ...
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Swiss women win climate case at top European court
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Red Cross and USAID urge global action on threat from extreme heat: Extreme heat is one of the most deadly problems from climate change even though it receives ...
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Red Cross and USAID urge global action on threat from extreme heat
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Swiss Re boss in an interview: “The damage has increased tenfold”: Natural disasters cause ever greater harm. How can the world protect itself? Christian ...
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Swiss Re boss in an interview: “The damage has increased tenfold”
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Kenya loses rights to host fund in Nairobi: Kenya to contest decision to host 'loss and damage' hub in Geneva instead of Nairobi.
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 Kenya loses rights to host fund in Nairobi
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Hallwil Lake: The blue-green algae is back - That's what the ranger says about it
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Hallwil Lake: The blue-green algae is back - That's what the ranger says ...
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Northvolt in Heide: The grand prize of Dithmarschen: Northvolt receives hundreds of millions of euros to build a battery factory in Schleswig-Holstein - a ...
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Northvolt in Heide: The grand prize of Dithmarschen
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Against wind turbines instead of climate change: A community is fighting wind power - Zurich
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Against wind turbines instead of climate change: A community is fighting ...
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Austria fourth most threatened by climate damage: ZURICH. In the current report by the Swiss reinsurer Swiss Re, Austria ranks fourth in the ranking of those ...
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Austria fourth most threatened by climate damage
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Anthropocene: Epoch or Event?: Are we living in the “Anthropocene” or not? The proposal has now been rejected for the second time. Researchers warn of the ...
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Anthropocene: Epoch or Event?
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Climate Change: Saving the World with Young Ideas: Solar mobility pioneer Louis Palmer stopped at the Grof high school center on Monday with his Solar Butterfly ...
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Climate Change: Saving the World with Young Ideas
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‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists who shut down West Gate Bridge
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‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists ...
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Wild perennial of the year: Pretty, but tough: The nettle-leaved bellflower is grateful and robust. And it contributes to biodiversity in the region.
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Wild perennial of the year: Pretty, but tough
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Hello beach holidays, goodbye flight shaming. What happened?: SWISS is making a record profit and passenger numbers are rising again. Are the days of ecological ...
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Hello beach holidays, goodbye flight shaming. What happened?