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In an unprecedented turn of events, France's Council of State ruled in favor of Grande-Synthe, a suburb of Dunkirk in northern France (plaintiff), against the state of France (defendant), when it ordered Emmanuel Macron's government to take much more decisive action to meet its climate targets -- or face being fined. As the country's highest administrative court, its rulings cannot be appealed, which means the government is legally bound to do all it can to cut emissions before the end of March 2022. This ruling is part of a groundswell of successful climate litigation cases across Europe, which resulted, in part, to German chancellor Angela Merkel's response to an April decision by the Federal Constitutional Court that Germany's climate targets were insufficient by announcing stricter goals.
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