The Grande Synthe Saga Continues

<p>France’s highest administrative court ruled that the French government had failed to take sufficient action to mitigate climate change and ordered it to take additional measures to redress that failure. The Grande Synthe II decision of 1 July 2021 follows the findings by the Conseil d’État...

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Main Author: Nathan de Arriba-Sellier
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description <p>France’s highest administrative court ruled that the French government had failed to take sufficient action to mitigate climate change and ordered it to take additional measures to redress that failure. The Grande Synthe II decision of 1 July 2021 follows the findings by the Conseil d’État in a previous decision that France’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets constitute legal obligations that are enforceable against the state. However, how, and when to redress France’s failure have been, to a broad extent, left to the discretion of the government. This all but ensures the Grande Synthe saga to continue.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-8df0d466d14f45c689f9812be5c090392022-12-22T00:45:22ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044The Grande Synthe Saga ContinuesNathan de Arriba-Sellier<p>France’s highest administrative court ruled that the French government had failed to take sufficient action to mitigate climate change and ordered it to take additional measures to redress that failure. The Grande Synthe II decision of 1 July 2021 follows the findings by the Conseil d’État in a previous decision that France’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets constitute legal obligations that are enforceable against the state. However, how, and when to redress France’s failure have been, to a broad extent, left to the discretion of the government. This all but ensures the Grande Synthe saga to continue.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/the-grande-synthe-saga-continues/climate change, climate change litigation, climate litigation, Conseil d'Etat, Grande Synthe, Paris Agreement
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title The Grande Synthe Saga Continues
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title_short The Grande Synthe Saga Continues
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