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François PICARD

The cost of climate inaction: Landmark ruling presses European governments to act

THE DEBATE © FRANCE 24

"To choose not to choose is still to act," as French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once said. Judges at Europe's highest jurisdiction agree. Their non-binding ruling against Switzerland over its failure to formulate a concrete climate action plan resonates as scientists confirm that the planet is coming off the hottest month of March on record. 

We ask about the case, the two others thrown out on technicalities, and that pressing choice that governments must make between the urgent and the important.

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