Barbara Pompili lent herself to the exercise of the after-sales service.
While the COP26 has just resulted in an agreement already described as disappointing, the Minister of Ecological Transition wished to show the advances allowed.
Guest of the RTL-
Le Figaro
-LCI
Grand Jury
, the member of the government emphasized this “
instrument of diplomatic negotiation
”.
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"
Of course these high masses are useful for something
", she first declared, eager to recall that the agreement, "
until last night
", was "
not played
". According to her, this international gathering made it possible to put in the same room "
nearly 200 countries which sometimes do not speak to each other, which sometimes are even almost at war and which find themselves together to try to find solutions
", like the installation of a global carbon market, the reduction of coal in China and India or even the reduction of metal by 30% by 2030. “
This COP is the COP that will make it possible to implement the Paris Agreement
”, welcomed the Minister. "
I, as an environmentalist, will never find that we go far enough.
And clearly we have reached a compromise,
”she admitted, however.
Less fossil fuel, more electricity
On France's place in the ecological transition, Barbara Pompili also specified the major directions to come, guided according to her by "
pragmatism
". To cope with an “
unplanned
” increase of at least 15% in electricity demand by 2030 and 35% by 2050, France must therefore achieve two objectives: reduce our “
fossil energy consumption
” but to increase "
our consumption of electricity
", in particular by a massive use of "
renewable energies
". To do this, it will notably involve increasing
the production of wind turbines on land by
“
2.5 to 4 times
” by 2035, while insisting on “
local consultations
”.
”And by maintaining the government's objective of“
50% nuclear in the share of electricity production in 2035
”.
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On the construction of new nuclear power plants, announced by Emmanuel Macron in his last speech on November 9, Barbara Pompili was moreover more cautious, declaring that "
if new reactors are built, they cannot be active before at least 15 years
”.
"
If everything goes as the president wishes - I don't know what will happen in the future and we don't know it - we will go in that direction, and obviously there will be all the necessary democratic work.
She insisted.
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The Minister also underlined that nuclear poses "
a certain number of problems
" on waste and "
safety issues
", citing for this the example of the Flamanville EPR, whose commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2022 after years of setbacks.
"
The nuclear industry is questioning itself and must question itself on the skills that are lacking,
" she said.
"
We have a Nuclear Safety Authority that holds up
," added the Minister, however.
"The feat of making ecology racist"
At five months of the presidential election, Barbara Pompili finally took the opportunity to address some criticisms to the opponents of Emmanuel Macron.
“
We have candidates who make irresponsible proposals
” on renewable energies, she said, referring to Xavier Bertrand.
“
Eric Zemmour still managed the feat of making ecology racist
, she also denounced.
When he says text message that global warming is due to galloping demography, especially in Africa, it is totally false and it is serious.
"
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Conversely, the Minister recalled that "
it is the developed countries that have initiated
" global warming.
She also praised France's role in helping the poorest countries to face these threats.
And deemed "
very likely
" that the country will soon "
welcome
climate
refugees
".
"We
will have to find the best way to do it,
" she pleaded.
