Courageous Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection

In April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a historic ruling in favor of KlimaSeniorinnen Switzerland, a group of older Swiss women who sued their government for failing to act on climate change. The court affirmed that effective climate protection is a human right, which marked a major milestone in global climate litigation and inspiring activists across generations. Among those leading the charge was, Elisabeth Stern, speaker of this talk, who is a cultural anthropologist and longtime environmental advocate who first witnessed the climate crisis firsthand during fieldwork in Zimbabwe.