US EditionTotalEnergies in high-stakes French trial over climate change
NGOs and City of Paris accuse TotalEnergies of failing to align with 1.5°C Paris Agreement, seeking a 37% oil and 25% gas production cut by 2030 under France's duty of vigilance law.
- On February 19, 2026 the trial opened at the Paris Court of Justice, with the Paris public prosecutor's office intervening as a joined party supporting TotalEnergies.
- Since 2020, a coalition of NGOs and the City of Paris have argued that France's 2017 'duty of vigilance' law requires halting new hydrocarbon projects and cutting oil by 37 percent and gas by 25 percent by 2030.
- NGO lawyers told the court `We will ask you to make a courageous, unprecedented decision, but one based on the law`, citing 342 million tonnes of indirect emissions, while TotalEnergies argued it accounts for less than two percent of global production.
- A ruling for the plaintiffs could force TotalEnergies to change strategy and set a precedent for other sectors, including transport; hearings will continue on Friday with a decision expected in the coming months.
- Across Europe, climate litigation is increasing as lawsuits against major polluters rise and the European Union recently delayed corporate due diligence legislation until 2029, while fossil fuels drive nearly 80 percent of emissions.
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TotalEnergies faces cutting back oil and gas production if NGOs prevail in a trial that began Thursday over accusations the French energy giant failed to properly consider environmental risks.
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