The climatic trials are more and more numerous. According to Greenpeace, there are nearly 3000 cases currently currently in the world. Countries and activists are increasingly turning to justice.
“For us, it is a decision that could mark a historic turning point in the fight against climate change because the CIJ has a role of legal compass and it could demonstrate that states and businesses can be held responsible when they do not act in terms of climate“, Cons up Nadia Cornejo spokesperson for Greenpeace Belgium.
And it is not true that there is no shortage of actions. Even today, young Americans have seized a Montana court to see if the policy according to them climatosceptic by Donald Trump complies with the founding principles of the United States.
Let us also recall, in Belgium, the climate affair. A collective bringing together some 7,000 citizens, assigned the Belgian state to court and the regions believing that they did not keep their promises in climate matters. The procedure started in 2015. In 2021, the court of first instance agreed with them but did not impose concrete objectives. The collective goes on appeal and wins in 2023: Justice ordered a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55% by 2030. Only Flanders has appeared in cassation.
“The verdict of the court is clear as rock water: our country must participate in the global effort aimed at maintaining the global warming under 1.5 ° C”, Can we read on their site.
