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Global News Podcast

Does failure to address climate change violate human rights?

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The European Court of Human Rights hears a case brought against the Swiss Government over lack of action on climate change. Also, hundreds of people ask for a pause in the development of Artificial Intelligence, and young British men told to stay away from Amsterdam.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:30.0

The Lava or monastery of the caves in Kiev are being evicted by the Ukrainian government

0:35.4

and it concerns over their links to the Russian Orthodox Church.

0:41.0

Also in this podcast.

0:42.3

A specific target group from especially the UK and Italy

0:47.0

who are only coming to Amsterdam with the belief that we are a theme park.

0:52.1

Amsterdam's city council wants to discourage young British people from travelling there.

0:57.8

We start with what's being seen as a big legal moment in the fight against climate change.

1:04.8

A group of 2,000 women as accusing the Swiss government of violating their human rights through its failure to act.

1:12.8

The case will be heard in the European Court of Human Rights.

1:15.8

It is the first time the court will hear a case on the impact of climate change on human rights.

1:21.8

Elizabeth Stern is one of the plaintiffs.

1:24.8

We do hope that the churches in Strasbourg are free from a political agenda

1:31.8

and actually just look at our case in terms of his climate protection, a human right.

1:38.8

Because we have a right for life, we have a right for health

1:42.8

or those articles violated or not.

1:46.8

And that's what we want and answer from them.

1:49.8

Imogen folks is our correspondent in Switzerland and I asked her what the legal case for these women was.

1:55.8

Well they have gone to the court in Strasbourg armed with their medical records

2:00.8

and it is proven that older people are particularly with heatwaves more affected.

2:08.8

Their health is more affected.

2:10.8

So they've gone with their own records with you know cases of breathlessness, dizziness,

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