On Wednesday 3 February, French MEP Marie Toussaint (Greens/EFA) described as historic the decision of her country’s court to condemn the French state for “climate inaction”, in the context of the “Case of the century”, a petition launched on her initiative at the end of 2018 and which collected more than 2 million signatures in less than a month.
“What the judges are saying today is that States can no longer continue to place the responsibility on others (third countries,...