Citizen victories in court have generally not translated into more ambitious policies to reduce emissions, but they have had other important impacts. Citizens concerned about the insufficient response of countries to the threat of climate change have exposed the governments of the Netherlands, France, Germany, some US states, Belgium...

Except in Spain, where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Administration last summer against the environmentalists in the country's first climate litigation. “Although sentences and sentences in climate litigation are not always accompanied by a reaction from States, they are useful because they create political pressure that is difficult to achieve in other ways,” says Justine Ripoll, representative of Notre affaire à tous, a French organization that uses the law to increase action against climate change. ‘It has not gotten the French government to take additional measures, but it has had a political impact,’ says Ripoll. � “It has served to make the climate a central issue, and ask the Government every year to see every year if the State respects its commitments and ask ourselves if we have taken sufficient measures to meet the 2030 objectives.”