In an ironic twist, a Paris court has convicted the French government of not upholding its commitments stemming from the Paris climate accord.After a complaint was filed by four environmental NGOs in March 2019 with the support of over two million signatories, the Paris court has now ruled that the French state has not respected the commitments made in terms of the environment and that it is liable for “climate inaction.” In its unprecedented decision, the court found the state guilty of a failure to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) as it had committed to do and fined the government a symbolic one euro in compensation to the applicant associations as recompense for “moral damages.” The Paris climate accord, signed five years ago, sought to restrain global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The court found the state guilty of “negligence in the fight against climate change” as well as “ecological prejudice.” … [Read more...] about Court Finds French Government Guilty of Failing to Uphold Paris Climate Accord
