Top Europe rights court to issue landmark climate verdicts

Strasbourg, France (AFP) April 7, 2024

Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies. The European Court of Human Rights, part of the 46-member Council of Europe, will rule on whether governments' climate change policies are violating the Euro