How a Group of Elderly Swiss Women Charted a New Path for Climate Legislation

For Pia Hollenstein, the long-awaited ruling at the European Court of Human Rights for a case brought against the Swiss government by her group, KlimaSeniorinnen, came at an inconvenient time. At 73, the retired nurse and former Parliamentarian from St. Gallen is an avid climber, and on the day of the verdict, she was planning to hike the Grisons Alps. Yet, she knew she couldn’t miss her day in court after a wait that lasted eight long years. “So I flew to Strasbourg,” she tells TIME, “because...