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April 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00abTrop Chaud \u2013 KlimaSeniorinnen vs. Switzerland,\u00bb<\/a> the documentary film about the case of the \u201cKlimaSeniorinnen,\u201d until May 6, 2026 on Swiss television.<\/p>\n

September 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Als die Schweiz ins Schwitzen kam, Die Klimaseniorinnen<\/a>, the book on the KlimaSeniorinnen case, published by Limmatverlag<\/span><\/span> on September 18, 2025, co-authored with Brigitte H\u00fcrlimann<\/span><\/span><\/a> and Elisabeth Stern<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

April 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cordelia B\u00e4hr was included in TIME\u2019s TIME100<\/a>\u00a0list of the most influential people of 2025. Katharine Hayhoe in the tribute: \u201cWith science, law, and relentless determination, B\u00e4hr didn\u2019t just fight for justice\u2014she redefined it.\u201d<\/p>\n

March 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n

UZH Magazine 1\/25, Profile<\/a> of Cordelia B\u00e4hr, pp. 56\u201359<\/p>\n

December 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cordelia B\u00e4hr was included in the “Nature\u2019s 10<\/a>” list as one of ten people who helped shape science in 2024<\/p>\n

November 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n

breaking.through, Profile of Cordelia B\u00e4hr<\/a>, interview conducted on May 28, 2024, with Dr. Jennifer Seyderhelm<\/p>\n

August to November 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWill the Judges Save the Climate Now?\u201d A documentary<\/a> by arte<\/em> about climate lawsuits, including that of the Climate Seniors, filmed among other places in the offices and with the involvement of B\u00e4hr Ettwein Attorneys in Bern.<\/p>\n

June 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Die Republik, I Demand the Return of Lady Justice<\/a>, June 13, 2023<\/p>\n

May 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n

pl\u00e4doyer 3\/2023, Leading thinker of the Climate Seniors<\/a>, May 21, 2023<\/p>\n

March 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public hearing<\/a> before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland (no. 53600\/20)<\/p>\n

ARD NANO, Does a Country\u2019s Climate Policy Violate Human Rights<\/a>? March 30, 202<\/p>\n

SRF, 10 vor 10: ECtHR Hears Climate Seniors’ Lawsuit<\/a>, March 29, 2023<\/p>\n

Ts\u00fcri, Attorney Cordelia B\u00e4hr: \u201cClimate Protection Is a Human Right<\/a>\u201d, March 17, 2023<\/p>\n

January 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The legal face of the Swiss Climate Seniors. Since the end of 2020, the European Court of Human Rights has been dealing with a lawsuit brought by the Swiss Climate Seniors. The case revolves around whether Switzerland must provide better protection for its senior citizens against climate change. The legal threads of the case are being handled by Swiss attorney Cordelia B\u00e4hr. Who is the woman who has been working on this case for seven years?” \u2014 SRF Rendez-vous Interview<\/a>, January 6, 2023.<\/p>\n

April 2022:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal Supreme Court decision<\/a> concerning the water rights concession for the use of the hydropower of the F\u00e4rdabach (1C_401\/2020 of March 1, 2022):<\/p>\n

“In addition, due to climate change, a decline in glacier and snowmelt water is to be expected, meaning it is not guaranteed that the currently observed surpluses (i.e., flow rates above the designed flow capacity of 750 l\/s) will continue to occur in the future (throughout the entire 80-year concession period).” (Section 6.4)<\/p>\n

September 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Together with her colleagues and climate law experts Nina von B\u00fcren, Charlotte E. Blattner, and Andreas H\u00f6sli, Cordelia B\u00e4hr presents the knowledge gathered on Swiss and international climate law on klimarecht.ch<\/a>, and critically analyzes existing law.<\/p>\n

May 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOS TV Report<\/a> on the Climate Seniors, May 28, 2021: Another Major Climate Case?<\/p>\n

Lecture Series by the Competence Center for Human Rights, Event on May 11, 2021, Presentation<\/a> by Cordelia B\u00e4hr on the topic “Health in Times of Climate Change: Being Right and Getting Justice?”<\/p>\n

March 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n

BBC Radio 4, Law in Action,\u00a0Can the law fight climate change<\/a>?<\/p>\n

December 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview<\/a> with Cordelia B\u00e4hr in Moneta<\/em>: “There Are Not Enough Resources for Enforcement\u00bb<\/p>\n

April 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Supreme Court is changing its case law on the protection of existing buildings in watercourse areas. Non-conforming buildings outside of designated building zones in watercourse areas may neither be expanded nor rebuilt, because doing so would reinforce the unlawful status under water law and perpetuate it beyond the lifespan of the originally approved structure (BGer 1C_22\/2019, 1C_476\/2019 vom 6. April 2020<\/a>, E. 9.2).<\/p>\n

March 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Nine Years of Watercourse Area \u2013 A Case Law Report<\/a>” by Cordelia B\u00e4hr, in: UPR 2020<\/em>, pp. 1\u201350<\/p>\n

November 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n

VUR Conference on Watercourse Areas, Presentation by Cordelia B\u00e4hr: “Overview of Jurisprudence \u2013 Designation and Use of Watercourse Areas<\/a>”<\/p>\n

May 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expert Opinion<\/a> on the Drinking Water Initiative by Cordelia B\u00e4hr and Mirina Grosz<\/p>\n

November 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ein Schn\u00e4ppchen f\u00fcr Glencore<\/a>, WOZ, November 29, 2018<\/p>\n

Klimapolitik vor Gericht erstreiten<\/a>, Freiburger Nachrichten, November 21, 2018<\/p>\n

Autumn Conference on Climate Change and Human Rights, November 20, 2018, at the University of Freiburg, presentation<\/a> by Cordelia B\u00e4hr on the rights of senior women<\/p>\n

Seniorinnen verklagen die Schweiz<\/a>, Beobachter, November 1, 2018<\/p>\n

September 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What lessons can be learned from the KlimaSeniorinnen case for future climate lawsuits? You can find the answer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

August 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Publication by Cordelia B\u00e4hr on the topic of electromobility in the journal Schweizer Gemeinde<\/em>: Who promotes charging stations on public land<\/a>?<\/p>\n

December 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Supreme Court upheld the appeal against the amendment to the Law on Public Schools (VG\/TG; RB 411.11) in its ruling of December 7, 2017<\/a>, and annulled \u00a7 39 paragraphs 1 and 2 of the VG\/TG as amended on November 18, 2015.<\/p>\n

November 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presentation by Cordelia B\u00e4hr: \u201cGreenhouse Gas Tax on Meat: The Next Step in Climate Protection?\u201d Held in the Environmental Law Working Group on November 14, 2017<\/p>\n

August 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n

SRF Kontext reports on various “climate lawsuits”, focusing in particular on the legal action brought by the KlimaSeniorinnen in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Das Klima kommt vor die Gerichte,\u00a0SRF Kontext vom 14. August 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

June 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Das Recht auf Gesundheit im Klimawandel<\/a>\u00a0by Elisabeth Joris (WOZ Nr. 22\/2017 vom 1. Juni 2017)<\/p>\n

November 2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n

b\u00e4hr ettwein is one of the first law firms to offset its corporate CO\u2082 emissions with myclimate.<\/p>\n

October 2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00abExpertenstreit um\u00a0Klimaklage<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Mehr als 300 Frauen im AHV-Alter wollen rechtlich gegen den Bund vorgehen \u2013 wegen dessen Klimapolitik. Diese verstosse gegen die Bundesverfassung, sagen zwei Juristinnen\u00bb (Tagesanzeiger vom 25. Oktober 2016)<\/p>\n

\u00abWas bedeutet die Klimaklage gegen den Bund? \u2013 5 Fragen und Antworten<\/a>:\u00a0Die \u2039Klimaseniorinnen\u203a haben am Dienstagmorgen ihre Klage gegen den Bund eingereicht. Dieser sorge sich zu wenig um seine B\u00fcrger, weil die Klimaziele nicht hoch genug gesteckt seien. Was heisst das? Und was passiert jetzt? Die 5 wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten\u00bb (watson vom 25. Oktober 2016)<\/p>\n

August 2016:\u00a0<\/strong>Opening of the law firm b\u00e4hr ettwein \u2013 we\u2019re excited!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since August 1, 2016, Cordelia B\u00e4hr and Adrian Ettwein have been available for consultations in Zurich and Bern. Feel free to contact us.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to the art photographer Giro Annen for providing the hand-developed images and for taking the portraits.
\nOur thanks also go to Cordelia\u2019s favorite designer, Jana Nobel, and to software engineer Mirko Stocker for their tremendous effort in creating the design and technical implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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