Paris: The highest French administrative board on Thursday told the government to act now against climate change to ensure that it fulfills comments about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or it can face potential fine.
Conseil d’etat, who acted as a legal advisor for the executive and as the Supreme Court for Administrative Justice, last November, gave a three-month government to show that it imposed a climate policy that could obtain a target reduction target for greenhouse gas by 40% from their 1990 level on In 2030.
Almost eight months later, it was said that the target still seemed unreachable unless new steps were taken quickly.
“Therefore, Conseil D’état instructs the government to take additional steps between now and March 31, 2022, to achieve the target,” the council said.
A spokesman for the Board said he would assess the state’s actions after the deadline and could spend a fine if the steps fell short of what was needed.
The attitude of Consilil D’etat has asked questions about President Emmanuel Macron’s credentials as a champion of the climate change ad battle confirms the nature of the target of the target of greenhouse gas reduction contained in the law.
The rate of decline in greenhouse gas emissions in France between 2015-2018 is about half as fast as needed to be on the right track to reach the target of 2030.
Meanwhile, the decline in greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 was mainly due to the decline induced by Covid-19 in activities Economy, a report released by the Independent High Council for the climate on Thursday.
Prime Minister Jean Castex said the government recorded the government’s council and subsidy for electric cars and more energy-efficient housing, and the climate-related law passing through the parliament, was proof of its commitment to limit emissions.
This case was originally taken to court by the Grande-Synthe commune in North France.
The city was built on reclamation land and local officials said it was at risk of being flooded by increased sea level caused by global warming.
The board has the power to provide damage.
Greenpeace France praised what was called “the ultimatum which was clearly issued in the face of the government’s tapkan over climate change.”