Earlier this year, the French Conseil d’Etat issued a judgment in favor of the commune of Grande-Synthe, a coastal city vulnerable to flooding from rising sea level, in its lawsuit against the French government for failing to comply with the Paris Agreement. Separately, in Notre Affaire à Tous and Others v. France, the Paris administrative tribunal held the government liable for the “ecological damage” caused by its failure to meet its climate-change commitments. In this webinar, the Chief Justice of the Conseil d’Etat, Bruno Lasserre, and Justice Stéphane Hoynck, will discuss the impact of these two groundbreaking cases.
Michael Burger, executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, will provide opening remarks.
Moderator
Maria Antonia Tigre, Global Climate Litigation Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change
Panelists
Chief Justice Bruno Lasserre, Conseil d’Etat
Justice Stéphane Hoynck, Conseil d’Etat
Program is co-sponsored by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Conseil D’Etat
