The Council of State demanded this Wednesday, May 10, from the government new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within a year. In 2019, the municipality of Grande-Synthe (North) had seized the council for "climate inaction" A separate case was brought before the Paris Administrative Court in 2019 by four NGOs united under the banner "The Case of the Century" In February 2021, the court ruled in their favour, declaring the State "responsible" for breaches of its commitments and the resulting "ecological damage"