Top Europe court to issue landmark climate verdicts
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Strasbourg, France: Activists gathered outside Europe s top rights court on Tuesday as it prepared to decide in three separate cases if states are doi...
Strasbourg, France: Activists gathered outside Europe's top rights court on Tuesday as it prepared to decide in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of climate change.
The European Court of Human Rights, part of the 46-member Council of Europe, is from 10:30 am (0830 GMT) to rule on whether governments' climate policies are violating the European Convention on Human Rights.
All three cases accuse European governments of inaction or insufficient action in their measures against global warming.
In a sign of the importance of the issue, the cases have all been treated as priority by the Grand Chamber of the ECHR, whose 17 judges can set a potentially crucial legal precedent.
It will be the first time the court has issued a ruling on climate change.
