Women in action On a sunny afternoon in March, a group of elderly Swiss activists walked out of a courthouse in Strasbourg to a round of applause and chants of “bravo.” Supporters blew bubbles and rang cowbells to celebrate their landmark climate case. “They treated us like heroines,” said Elisabeth Stern, 75, who was part of the delegation representing the 2,400-strong Senior Women for Climate Change Protection, supported by Greenpeace Switzerland. Theirs is the first climate case ev...
