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Dans quelle mesure Macron réussit-il à protéger l'environnement? (what…
Dans quelle mesure Macron réussit-il à protéger l'environnement?
Macron has a phrase "make our planet great again"after Trump pulled out of the Paris agreement
Macron insists he has gone further on green issues than any other French government, but Jean-François Julliard, the director general of Greenpeace France, said it was clear “the environment is not a priority for Emmanuel Macron"
Macron did not make environmental issues a major part of his election manifesto
he made an english speech saying how improtant climate change is after trump tweeted that he didnt believe in it
opinions
The former environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, quit
Macron replaced Hulot with the parliament speaker, François de Rugy
De Rugy was active in environmental politics for 25 years before opposing what he called a shift further left by the French Green party. He is described as a pragmatist and reformist who is loyal to Macron.
he said the government was in thrall to powerful lobby groups and taking only “mini-steps” that were insufficient to deal with climate change.
His departure would be a major blow for Macron, who has positioned himself as a global leader committed to tackling global warming as he seeks to compensate for US President Donald Trump's policy of climate change denial.
Hulot was forced to announce in November that France's long-held goal of bringing its reliance on nuclear energy down to 50 percent by 2025 was not feasible, and would likely take a decade longer.
he refused to join previous governments, so originally saw hop in macron
France has seen 13 environment ministers in 20 years.
Macron insists he has gone further on green issues than any other French government, but Jean-François Julliard, the director general of Greenpeace France, said it was clear “the environment is not a priority for Emmanuel Macron"
these carbon reduction promises aren't government treaties, and their commitments are self-reported.
the importance of the environment
Several opinion polls have shown that the environment and climate change do not appear in the public’s top 5 priorities
he calls for companies to be more eco friendly but the marketplace, locally or globally, cannot replace government action and regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
Water pollution is a serious problem in France due to the accumulation of industrial contaminants, agricultural nitrates, and waste from the nation's cities.
France depends on nuclear energy a lot (70%)
successful
The act moving through Parliament in 2017 planned to reduce French greenhouse emissions by 40% and to drastically reduce packaging waste and has a mandatory requirement for French companies to report on their climate change impacts (the first country in the world to do so)
at the start the french saw hope in macron as a revolutionist and with many plans
le changement de modèle que nous proposons permettra de réduire nos consommations d’énergie, de créer des villes durables et connectées, de réutiliser nos déchets, de manger plus de produits sains et produits en France, de respirer un air de plus grande qualité et de créer de l’emploi chez nous.
Two months before the yellow vest protests, at the One Planet Summit organized by Michael Bloomberg, the French leader excitedly spoke off-script about confronting climate change.
unsuccessful
after les gilet jaunes Macron's popularity has fallen to just a 23% approval rating
he is weak
Macron had also promised that Paris would ban the pesticide glyphosate within three years after the EU renewed its licence November 2017. But in the end, the government has left it to industry bodies to self-regulate and phase out the chemical
The government announced that France’s long-held goal of bringing its reliance on nuclear energy down to 50% by 2025 was not feasible and was likely to take a decade longer
he gave in to les gilets jaunes a day later and now his government, and its pursuit of climate solutions are in crisis. If Macron was serious about combating climate change, he would have engaged in a more grassroots process, engaging the French people in a serious dialogue about concrete steps they could take as a country
what he has done
a law passed last year that bans
the issue of licences for new oil and gas extraction projects on French territory.
Macron's government won plaudits from campaigners for a landmark legal ban on fossil fuel production by 2040 and by scrapping a proposed new airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes in western France, partly on environmental grounds.
the Global Pact for the Environment. Its primary aim is to bolster international efforts to protect the environment from climate change, pollution, and other threats, but it would also help codify and strengthen important human rights protections.
France firmly believes that Europe must have "zero-emission" vehicles in its sights for 2040
Macron calls for half of food provided in school and work canteens to be organic or locally produced. He would promote France as a world leader in developing green technologies and wants to renovate one million poorly insulated homes.
Les gilets jaunes
the tax hit the nation's poor and rural populations hard, forcing many to pit their energy needs against putting food on the family table.
the government wanted to stand strong and attacked the protesters with teargas and even the armed forces
macron repeatedly named them casseurs and said they were lookkng for an excuse to be violent.
what could be done now?
https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/the-environment-france-takes-the-lead-in-furthering-europe-s-ambitions