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The UN World Climate Conference opened in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Monday and will last until November 18.
Nearly 100 Heads of State and Government take part.
The world is heading for "collective suicide" if you don't act quickly and strongly in the face of the accelerating climate crisis, launched the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
“Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish.
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Arrived this Monday morning, Emmanuel Macron tried to put on the costume of the “exemplary” student and pointed the finger elsewhere, towards the United States and China.
He is due to speak around 3:30 p.m.
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Macron tries to appear as a good student of ecology
During an exchange with young Africans and French people committed to the climate in Sharm el-Sheikh, the President of the Republic was questioned about the lack of real taxation of the “record profits” of energy groups.
"These profits are criminal, they are crimes against humanity," said Nathan Méténier, one of the UN Secretary General's young advisers on climate change.
“I don't understand how” “redistribution” can be considered “a radical argument”, added the French activist.
"I totally share the description you have given," replied Emmanuel Macron.
To immediately kick into touch by explaining that taxation would only make sense on a global scale, which he assured to "fight".
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Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to COP 27, which opened on Monday in Egypt.