March 28, 2021 in Lyon during the last march for “a real climate law”, organized – KONRAD K./SIPA
On March 28, when France was preparing to enter its third confinement, nearly 10,000 people marched in Lyon under a blazing sun for “a real climate law”. Since then, this text was adopted Tuesday in first reading in the National Assembly and must be submitted in June to the Senate. But it is still widely criticized, in the ranks of environmentalists in particular, and must give rise to new mobilizations on Sunday. In Lyon, around twenty organizations and NGOs made an appointment with the population at 2 pm Place Bellecour to denounce the government’s “lack of ambition” in the face of the ecological emergency.
“A policy in total contradiction with climate issues”
“This law could have been the starting point of a collective reorganization, towards a just and sustainable society, a society which allows all citizens to live in dignity, and without mortgaging the future”, underline the associations, among which ones Greenpeace Lyon, Alternatiba ANV Rhône or Youth for climate Lyon.
“As it stands, the Climate and Resilience Law does not allow us to move collectively towards a just and sustainable society, facing the climate emergency. The government of Emmanuel Macron continues to conduct a policy in total contradiction with climate issues “, add the Lyon organizations which call on the population to mobilize” against this sham bill “. “A climatic and social failure”, according to them, ignoring the warnings of scientists and the proposals of the Citizen’s Climate Convention.
✊🌿 On May 9, we will march to denounce the lack of ambition of the Climate Law and the government in the face of the ecological and social emergency 🌿✊
In Lyon and throughout France, we will be thousands to mobilize, SO JOIN US ✊✊🏼✊🏿https://t.co/TytMt0AgrC pic.twitter.com/4P6BteC0Sx
– Lyon Climate (@Lyon_Climat) April 19, 2021
This government project includes multiple measures, such as the elimination of certain domestic airlines in the event of alternatives of less than 2h30 by train, the creation of an ecocide offense or the ban on the rental of colander accommodation. thermal in 2028. Progress deemed insufficient for the protesters, who recall that of the 149 proposals made by the citizens’ convention, only 13 were included in the text of the law.
“We are now demanding the reconversion of jobs in all polluting sectors, access to healthcare, decent housing, healthy food, clean water and clean air for all. And the preservation of biodiversity and natural resources “, remind the organizations which once again hope to see thousands of people marching in the streets on Sunday for a” just and sustainable “society.