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So this is about broken promises. The Swiss overcommited.
by nonrandomstring 2y ago
So this is about broken promises. The Swiss overcommited.
- alistairSH 2y agoBasically, yes. The Swiss promised to do their part to mitigate climate change. They failed to do so. So, a group of Swiss citizens took the government to court to compel action. Nothing that seems particularly unreasonable to me.
- nonrandomstring 2y agoI guess I find it troubling because my own government are working so hard in the opposite direction. Maybe a bit of jealousy that the Swiss get to call their government to account. Now, whether this ruling can actually move anything... who knows. How can you make governments do something? Meaningless fines, strong words and other toothless gestures? I am not optimistic. For 40 years I'm used to being actively lied to by a corrupt and inept government. They will burn the planet rather than concede a single penny of profit for their cronies. That's why I say, the ECHR would be much better off defending the rights to action. That would give encouragement to people. It should be illegal for the UK or any government to inhibit lawful protest (including making laws to do that).