Petition to sue French state on climate inaction nears two million
An online petition backed by Greenpeace and Oxfam calling for legal action against the French state for its alleged inaction over measures to combat climate change has attracted nearly two million signatures.
TheThe government of French President Emmanuel Macron, which is trying to calm a revolt initially caused by its taxes on carbon, is now facing a separate complaint that it’s not doing enough to combat climate change, reports Bloomberg.
A petition calling for legal action against the French state for its supposed failure to act against global warming had reached 1.81 million signatures as of Thursday, close to the 2-million goal set by the associations that launched the initiative on December 17th.
Energy minister Francois de Rugy said he’s “pleasantly surprised” by the show of support for climate measures, but added in an interview in newspaper Le Parisien on Wednesday that “it’s not up to judges to force the government to adopt a law.”
The online petition was organized by four associations, including the French branches of Greenpeace and Oxfam.
