Enough Inaction: Green Groups Sue to Make France Act Boldly on Climate Crisis

Four advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against France on Thursday for failing to take necessary action to tackle the climate crisis.

The French groups—Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme (FNH), Greenpeace France, Notre Affaire à Tous, and Oxfam France—filed their case, which they’ve dubbed “l’Affaire du siècle” or the case of the century, in the administrative court of Paris.

Boosting support for their action is an online petition, which has already gathered over 2 million signatures, as well as a YouTube campaign video with noted figures including Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche.

To boot, there’s a “march of the century” demanding climate justice planned for Saturday, March 16. Over 130 actions have been planned, organizers say.

“We still have a choice, and the possibility of saving the world,” said Jean-Baptiste Bosse at a press conference Thursday on the suit. “We’re up against the greatest challenge in the history of mankind; as a scientist or as a citizen, I simply do not have the choice not to commit myself.”