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The Swiss government is pushing back against a landmark case won by a group of older Swiss women at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). An association of more than 2,000 women, known as the KlimaSeniorinnen, said that their age and gender made them vulnerable to the effects of heatwaves linked to climate change. In April, the court ruled in favour of the women stating for the first time that insufficient government inaction to tackle greenhouse gas emissions is a breach of human rights. The ruling was binding and could influence the law in 46 countries in Europe including the UK. From t…