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French state in dock over climate change inaction
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS
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Paris, Jan 14, 2021 (AFP) - A Paris court began hearing Thursday a complaint brought by NGOs backed by two million citizens accusing the French state of failing to act to halt climate change, the first such case in the country.
The campaign groups want the court to hold the state responsible for ecological damage and say v ...