Elderly Swiss women take government to court over climate
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- 14 Mar 2023
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European Court of Human Rights to hear case brought by women who say officials must do more.
Elisabeth Stern was born in rural northeastern Switzerland in the 1940s in the shadow of huge glaciers.
“I grew up a little bit like Heidi,” she told Al Jazeera, referring to the children’s fictional character. “I was really herding goats up there.”
Over the years, those Alpine hulks of rock and ice have been melting rapidly – one called Pizol has lost at least 80 percent of its volume since 2006 alone as global temperatures have steadily risen.
Stern could sense something was wrong, but did not start connecting the dots until she went on a study trip to Zimbabwe in the early 1990s, where she became aware that rainfall was declining. Read More..
