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Jacqueline Marchelli
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Polish people take their government to court as climate impacts worsen
Polish people are taking their government to court over its failure to protect them from worsening climate impacts. The claimants are supported by environmental law charity ClientEarth and leading Polish law firm Gessel.
The Polish Government is notable internationally for its outdated stance on climate action. Poland still produces 70 per cent of its electricity from coal, the most climate-damaging fossil fuel worldwide, and subsidises it heavily – PLN 8bn (€1.75bn) from the public purse is set to go to fossil fuels in 2021. The country is home to one of the world’s biggest coal power plants, Bełchatów, which emits approximately as much carbon dioxide each year as Slovakia.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/10/polish-people-take-their-government-to-court-as-climate-impacts-worsen?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1623318565
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We also need to help countries with less capacity to compete in the global marketplace to transition them. Circular economies must advance in predominant and that will mean sharing to create stability and stop poisoning our air, earth, and water. We have to push the countries who CAN to do better as leaders. We need to move even faster thank legal battles and consumers and citizens need to make their impacts felt where companies and politicians feel it.
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Dear Jacqueline Marchelli Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to ClientEarth and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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If the picture above depicts a myriad of other industries emitting the same across the country and less or no action is taken by the government to control the situation, then the move of the citizens is justifiable.
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The fact that citizens have to resort to taking their own government to court to protect their most basic human rights feels wrong, almost dystopian. But then, just as in France, Germany, or Italy having this solution as an option is also a good message that shows that the law can be an important tool when it comes to climate action. Thank you for sharing!
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This is a good analysis. Ideally the governments should be doing well in climate action, but unfortunately the reality is far from ideal situation. However, I fully support citizens taking their governments to courts for climate change is a very good strategy that puts governments under pressure to take climate action.
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It's an alternative that has seen a success in the issues at hand be addressed.
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☝️ I agree!
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I have doubts that the polish government takes climate change for what it is, so given that I think this is very good.