France and climate change: State failure and liability for environmental harm
By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21
While the technical feasibility of a decarbonised economy essentially based on renewable energies is taking shape, the French Republic has just been found liable for environmental harm in relation to climate change by the French administrative judge. At stake, France’s breach of the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the aggravation of climate change....
By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner