TROP CHAUD / BEAT THE HEAT: Climate Justice, Human Rights and the KlimaSeniorinnen

What does climate justice look like when climate inaction becomes a human rights issue?

Join us at LSE for a screening of TROP CHAUD, the documentary film that takes a moving look behind the scenes of the journey of the KlimaSeniorinnen - Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection - their landmark victory before the European Court of Human Rights, and their ongoing fight for climate justice. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion exploring the significance of the judgment, its ongoing implementation, and what it means for climate litigation, human rights and accountability across Europe.The event will bring together the KlimaSeniorinnen, legal experts and climate justice advocates to reflect on the power of collective action and litigation and on what comes next in the struggle to ensure governments protect people from the climate crisis.This event is part of the KlimaSeniorinnen European Tour 2026, a journey across Europe bringing the film and the women behind the landmark case into conversation with communities, activists, lawyers, academics and decision-makers. Following UK, the KlimaSeniorinnen will continue travelling across Europe with stops currently planned in more than 11 countries. Around the world, 9 in 10 people want stronger government action on climate. The KlimaSeniorinnen are a coalition of changemakers who resist to protect everything they hold dear from climate harm. So that we can all live in clean, healthy and sustainable communities, where we can protect the people and places we love most.

This event is co-hosted by the Global School of Sustainability.

The Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) is the interdisciplinary centre for sustainability research impact at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

GSoS works in partnerships to advance pioneering sustainability research, global policy engagement and world-leading educational opportunities.

Grounded in LSE’s interdisciplinary excellence across the social sciences, GSoS’s global networks target the systemic challenges to sustainability embedded in the world’s economies, politics and societies.

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