Swiss female pensioners vs the government: European court’s first climate case

GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) – A case involving thousands of retired Swiss women is being heard at a European Court in France, the culmination of a six-year legal battle in which they claim their government’s inadequate action on climate change violated their human rights. The case, which campaign group Greenpeace initiated on behalf of the women, opened on Wednesday in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.