05 November 2026
Death by a Thousand Cuts
On 30 September 2026, the Swiss Federal Council informed the Committee of Ministers (CoM) of the Council of Europe that it would not set up an independent climate council. A year earlier, the CoM had invited Switzerland to consider such a body, as part of its supervision of KlimaSeniorinnen – the first binding international judgment to find a state in breach of its climate obligations. Switzerland’s recent refusal is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a pattern of resistance that has accompanied the judgment since its delivery in April 2024. Continue reading >>
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