Emmanuel Macron brought together a dozen experts on climate and the consequences of global warming on Wednesday May 4 at the Elysee Palace to reflect "
on the implementation of ecological planning
" that he promised for his second term, indicated the 'Elysium.
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This two-hour meeting, ten days after his re-election, is part of a campaign where he pledged to make ecological planning a pillar of his action.
His next prime minister, whom he is in the process of choosing, should be directly responsible for this.
This ecological planning - a concept he took over from his rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon - aims to "
accelerate our collective efforts to fight against climate change
", insists the Elysée.
Real promises
Among the experts invited on Wednesday, including several members of the High Council for the Climate (HCC), were luminaries Jean Jouzel, climatologist and former vice-president of the Giec, Valérie Masson-Dermotte, co-president of group n ° 1 of the Giec, Corinne Le Quéré, president of the High Council for Climate, climate and energy specialist Jean-Marc Jancovici, Professor Hervé Le Treut, Morgane Nicol, director of the I4CE think tank, Monique Barbut, president of WWF France, Wolfgang Cramer ( CNRS) or Céline Guivarch (HCC).
The HCC has repeatedly ruled that France was not on the right track to meet its commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“
It is important that our community, with its different sensitivities, bears witness to the urgency.
Emmanuel Macron made a lot of promises, we now have to see how we go from these promises to concrete things
,” said Jean Jouzel after the meeting.
“
The next five years in terms of meeting commitments will be essential.
It's far from won and it's not easy.
It is good that the scientific community is involved in the decisions
,” he added.
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Emmanuel Macron said during the campaign that he wanted to go "
twice as fast
" in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, compared to his first five-year term.
This meeting came on the day the government defended its climate record, in response to the Council of State which urged it in July 2021 to take additional measures within nine months to meet its commitments in the Accord. from Paris.
