France failed to meet own climate change goals, court rules

The court asked the French state to pay each of the four organisations that brought the action a symbolic euro each, a common practice in France (Michel Euler/AP)

The French state failed to take sufficient action to fight climate change, a court has ruled in a case brought by a group of non-governmental organisations (NGO).

The Paris administrative court, in its ruling, recognised ecological damage linked to climate change and held the French state responsible for failing to fully meet its goals in reducing greenhouse gases.