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COP26: Environmental officials call on France to "lead by example" in the face of lobbies

2021-10-31T06:56:44.988Z


Environmental officials, including presidential candidate Yannick Jadot, demand that France set an example in the face of "lobbies riveted to their short-term interests".


Environmental officials, including presidential candidate Yannick Jadot, demand that France set an example in the face of "

lobbies riveted to their short-term interests

", reiterating their support for an international treaty on the non-proliferation of fossil fuels, in a forum in the JDD.

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While the COP26 opens Sunday in Glasgow, the signatories, including the three unfortunate candidates for the ecological primary, Sandrine Rousseau, Delphine Batho and Eric Piolle, call for affirming at this large international gathering "

a will, a new ambition

".

"

We support the launch of an international treaty on the non-proliferation of fossil fuels, in line with the Beyond oil & gas initiative, launched by Denmark and Costa Rica

", they write, as had already been defended. Thursday Yannick Jadot at a press conference.

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Determined to carry this ambition "

during the French presidency of the European Union

", they stress that "

the challenge is to put an end to the financing, exploration and exploitation of new fossil capacities, to a logic that aggravates the problem

”. For them, “

France could set an example. It is far from it

”, they deplore, denouncing“

the contempt of the government for any scenario of energy sobriety

”.

It could "

show the example, by freeing itself from conformism and complacency with regard to lobbies riveted to their short-term interests

", they continue, estimating that "

the French genius, it would be that, much more than the rehashed celebration of a fantasized past or outdated technological promises

”.

Source: lefigaro

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