US EditionClimate Change: NGOs and Citizens Attack the French State to Force It to Act More Strongly and Quickly
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Two months after asking the government to review its national adaptation plan, 14 disaster victims filed an overpowering appeal to the Council of State on Wednesday 25 June, a first in the European Union.
The Greenpeace associations, Our Business to All and Oxfam, as well as eleven affected residents, filed an appeal before the Council of State after a petition to the government remained dead letter.
As a new heatwave grips France, fourteen individuals and associations are taking the government to court. Their goal: to force it to strengthen its climate change adaptation policies. Faced with the government's "silence and inaction," which has never responded to their appeal launched on April 8, these "climate victims" have chosen to go to court. On June 25, fourteen individuals and associations, supported by the Affaire du siècle (Greenpeace …
A residential area submerged by the waters, in Redon (Ille-et-Vilaine), on January 31, 2025. DAMIEN MEYER / AFP Environmental associations and affected citizens announced on Wednesday, June 25, that they had filed an appeal before the Council of State to compel the government to strengthen its policy on climate change adaptation. Greenpeace NGOs, Our Business to All and Oxfam, which had already condemned the state for climate inaction in "The Ca…
On Wednesday, 25 June, an unprecedented appeal was filed before the Conseil d'État by climate victims, accompanied by associations from the Affair du Siècle (Greenpeace France, Oxfam France, Notre Affaires à Tous). It aims to oblige the State to strengthen its policies to adapt to climate change. In this case, Racha Mousdikudine, president of the collective "Mayotte à thirst", represents Mayotte and the problem of access to water in the territor…
The Climate Action Network has identified more than 40 setbacks in six months on climate and environmental issues in France and asks policymakers to "recover the general interest", in a summary published on Tuesday 24 June.
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