{"id":796,"date":"2024-04-30T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/centre-for-climate-and-justice\/?p=796"},"modified":"2024-04-30T12:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:17:37","slug":"climate-or-carbon-neutrality-which-one-must-states-aim-for-under-article-8-echr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/centre-for-climate-and-justice\/2024\/04\/30\/climate-or-carbon-neutrality-which-one-must-states-aim-for-under-article-8-echr\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate or carbon neutrality? Which one must states aim for under Article 8 ECHR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejiltalk.org\/climate-or-carbon-neutrality-which-one-must-states-aim-for-under-article-8-echr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-797 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/centre-for-climate-and-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/04\/IMG_0004.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/centre-for-climate-and-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/04\/IMG_0004.png 1200w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/centre-for-climate-and-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/04\/IMG_0004-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/centre-for-climate-and-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/04\/IMG_0004-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/centre-for-climate-and-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/04\/IMG_0004-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<b>Written by<\/b> <a class=\"author url fn\" title=\"Posts by Chris Hilson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ejiltalk.org\/author\/chilson\/\" rel=\"author\">Chris Hilson<\/a> <b>and<\/b> <a class=\"author url fn\" title=\"Posts by Oliver Geden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ejiltalk.org\/author\/ogeden\/\" rel=\"author\">Oliver Geden<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In its judgment in <a href=\"https:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/eng#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-233206%22]}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland<\/em><\/a>, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Grand Chamber ruled that Switzerland had acted insufficiently on climate change mitigation. This placed the Swiss senior women applicants at risk of climate harm, particularly from heatstroke, and breached their Article 8 rights to home and family life.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejiltalk.org\/climate-or-carbon-neutrality-which-one-must-states-aim-for-under-article-8-echr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Chris Hilson and Oliver Geden In its judgment in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. 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