Greenhouse gases: justice orders France to "repair" its unfulfilled commitments
Demonstrators from the NGOs Greenpeace, Nicolas Hulot Foundation, Oxfam and Notre Affaire à Tous, on October 14 in Paris.
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The State must "repair" its unfulfilled commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to fight against global warming, ordered this Thursday, October 14, the administrative justice, in a new decision against the government in the matter.
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The Administrative Court of Paris ruled in favor of four NGOs, gathered under the banner of the “Affair of the Century” and supported by a petition of more than 2.3 million citizens, who had seized it in early 2019 to have the deficiencies noted. of the State in the fight against global warming over the period 2015-2018.
"
It is necessary to order the Prime Minister and the competent ministers to take all the useful sectoral measures likely to repair the damage to the extent of the uncompensated part of greenhouse gas emissions under the first carbon budget
"(2015-18, the deficit compared to the objectives being quantified at 15 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent), write the judges.
"
Free government appreciation
"
The judgment leaves the choice of measures to be taken "at
the discretion of the government
" but sets a timetable, providing that "
this repair will be effective by December 31, 2022, at the latest
".
On the other hand, it rejects the request from NGOs for a financial penalty
of
78 million per semester
of
delay.
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: “Case of the century”: France considered “responsible” for climate inaction
In February 2021, the court ruled for the first time in favor of the plaintiffs by declaring the State "
responsible
" for the breaches of the commitments it has itself made, within the framework of the Paris agreement or the "
carbon budgets
" which France has acquired.
They had subsequently applied to the Tribunal for this injunction
for
reparation.
# LAffaireDuSiècle and there you have it, more details to come but 3 years later: WE WIN.
The State must not only make up for the delay but ALSO repair the damage !!!!!!
THANKS to the 2.4 million
THANKS to the teams of @oxfamfrance @greenpeacefr @NotreAffaire @FondationNH
- Cécile Duflot (@CecileDuflot) October 14, 2021
"
We won
", each tweeted Cécile Duflot and Jean-François Julliard, bosses of Oxfam and Greenpeace France, two of the complainant NGOs. "
The leaders are now OBLIGED to respect France's climate commitments
"
,
s 'Notre Affaire à tous is delighted, while for the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, the fourth complainant,
“France is doomed to repair the consequences of its climate inaction!
"
(With
AFP)
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