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Bertrand Piccard: "The COP21 is a failure, we must change the method"

2020-12-12T11:16:38.200Z


INTERVIEW - The president of the Solar Impulse Foundation believes that it is a priority to implement existing technologies to accelerate the fight against global warming.


Bertrand Piccard is very involved in the fight against global warming.

Five years after the COP21, he draws up a harsh observation, salutes the efforts of companies, stands out from supporters of degrowth and delivers his proposals to accelerate the climate transition.

LE FIGARO.

- Five years after COP21, greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing.

Can we speak of failure?

Bertrand PICCARD.

- Commitments were made five years ago and are not being kept.

In this sense, it is a failure linked to the nature of the COPs.

They operate on decisions taken unanimously, yet it is very difficult to get all the countries to agree when their interests are deeply divergent.

I don't want to be negative though.

I also see that the frustration generated by the systematic search for consensus has certainly driven many private players - maritime, industry, textiles, digital ... - and regions, Île-de-France or the Grand Est, in particular

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Source: lefigaro

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