Belgium
14:10 15/03/2021
Citizens and activists donned traditional court dress and took to the streets at the weekend for climate crisis protests across Belgium. The activities were staged in the run-up to the first hearing in the Climate Case (L’Affaire Climat/Klimaatzaak), the court case that sees 60,000 citizens accusing the federal government of not doing enough to reach environmental goals.
Protest activities were held around the country, with several taking place in Brussels. Some groups held a minute of silence for the climate, while a flash mob broke into dance on Mont des Arts.
Even Greta Thunberg got into the act, sending a photo in support of the case (
Belgium
14:10 15/03/2021
Citizens and activists donned traditional court dress and took to the streets at the weekend for climate crisis protests across Belgium. The activities were staged in the run-up to the first hearing in the Climate Case (L’Affaire Climat/Klimaatzaak), the court case that sees 60,000 citizens accusing the federal government of not doing enough to reach environmental goals.
Protest activities were held around the country, with several taking place in Brussels. Some groups held a minute of silence for the climate, while a flash mob broke into dance on Mont des Arts.
Even Greta Thunberg got into the act, sending a photo in support of the case (
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Today the Paris administrative court concluded France has failed to do enough to meet its own commitments on the climate crisis and is legally responsible for the ensuing ecological damage.
Read time: 4 mins By Isabella Kaminski • Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 16:38
The French state has been found guilty of climate inaction in what campaigners have dubbed “the case of the century”.
Today the Paris administrative court concluded France has failed to do enough to meet its own commitments on the climate crisis and is legally responsible for the ensuing ecological damage.
France is the third European country where legal action by campaigners has highlighted significant failings in state action on climate change and forced politicians to act, after the landmark Urgenda case in the Netherlands in 2019 and the Irish Supreme Court’s decision in the national Climate Case last year.