In April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of a group of senior citizens who claimed that the Swiss government's failure to meet climate change mitigation targets was adversely affecting their health, well-being and quality of life.

This landmark decision by Europe's highest human rights court not only confirms that climate change is closely linked to human rights, but actually holds all European governments accountable for taking tougher action to combat climate change. ( Kuan-Wei Chen , McGill University , Hoda Asgarian , Bond University, more at theconversation.com)