Analysing European court's bombshell climate ruling: will a rash of national cases follow?
We examine the impact of this landmark ruling from the European Court of Human Rights, which is binding on all 46 signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights.
We look at precedents from other national courts, and at how the law has developed to accommodate human rights-based challenges to governments, regulators and even companies based on their action or inaction on climate change mitigation.
We explore how future challenges might be affected by this ruling.
0:00 Introduction
0:42 News headlines
3:30 Feature on ECHR court rtuling that the Swiss govermnent breaches the human rights of a group of older women by not implementing sufficient climate change mitigation policies.
6:14 Why this case succeeded
7:05 How a 2019 Dutch case laid the groundwork for this ruling
9:27 Each case needs to be specific about who's been harmed and how
11:51 The impact of the judgement in the 46 signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights
14:09 How the ECHR ruling establish
We examine the impact of this landmark ruling from the European Court of Human Rights, which is binding on all 46 signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights.
We look at precedents from other national courts, and at how the law has developed to accommodate human rights-based challenges to governments, regulators and even companies based on their action or inaction on climate change mitigation.
We explore how future challenges might be affected by this ruling.
0:00 Introduction
0:42 News headlines
3:30 Feature on ECHR court rtuling that the Swiss govermnent breaches the human rights of a group of older women by not implementing sufficient climate change mitigation policies.
6:14 Why this case succeeded
7:05 How a 2019 Dutch case laid the groundwork for this ruling
9:27 Each case needs to be specific about who's been harmed and how
11:51 The impact of the judgement in the 46 signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights
14:09 How the ECHR ruling establish