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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/dbff961e1b425478 https://verfassungsblog.de/after-switzerland-comes-austria/ After Switzerland Comes Austria - Why the ECtHR could soon grant individual standing in a climate mitigation case for the first time Prantl, Janine eng 2024-05-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Climate Crisis ECtHR KlimaSeniorinnen KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz | Zürich Standing climate litigation KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz | Zürich Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The KlimaSeniorinnen judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has been the subject of intense debate for several weeks. One focus was on the question of standing, i.e., who can bring a lawsuit connected to climate change and human rights before the ECtHR. However, less attention has been paid to the question of the impact of the judgment on currently pending climate change cases before the ECtHR. This blog post sheds light on “climate change case number four”, a case against Austria primarily challenging the shortcomings of the Austrian Climate Protection Act.