CLIMATE – A misunderstanding. Emmanuel Macron affirms in a video this Tuesday evening January 17 that the climate crisis has been “faster than expected”in response to those who had criticized his vows during which he had wondered “who could have predicted” this crisis, yet widely described by climatologists.
“There is a part of these vows where I was misunderstood (…) They wanted me to say that, basically, I would never have read any IPCC report. What did I just mean? It’s that basically it was even faster than expected “said the President of the Republic in this sequence broadcast on social networks, which you can see at the top of the article.
“It’s not very credible as an attack”, “We’ve been doing it for years”pleaded the Head of State, who nevertheless assures “hear criticism, always”and says share “the pressure to do more”. “There was still a lot of bad faith. “, he added.
One ” green planning council ” by the end of the month
“Who could have predicted the wave of inflation thus triggered (by the war in Ukraine)? Or the climate crisis with spectacular effects again this summer in our country? »declared Emmanuel Macron during his televised wishes on December 31, attracting the wrath of experts, NGOs and opposition.
Emmanuel Macron seemed “far from history when he tells us, for example, that no one could predict the climate crisis. Scientists have been saying this for decades, IPCC report after IPCC report”reacted in particular the national secretary of the environmental party EELV, Marine Tondelier.
The Head of State also announced on Tuesday that he would hold “before the end of January (…) an ecological planning council”in order to “taking stock of what we must do in the coming years and decades. »
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