If the commitment of the President to the international climate and biodiversity is recognized, experts regret a gap between speech and acts at the national level.
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It’s a slogan that marked the spirits; A successful political shot. In June 2017, while the United States announced their withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on Climate, Emmanuel Macron Counter-attack on social networks. “Make our planet Great Again” (“make his grandeur on our planet”), launches the head of state just elected, echoing the former US President, Donald Trump. Tweet becomes viral , and hiss the leader of The French state has international leaders on the environment. Five years later, if Emmanuel Macron did not spare his efforts on the international scene to post his commitment to climate, biodiversity or oceans, he also disappointed by not sufficiently implementing his policies.
“At the beginning of its mandate, Emmanuel Macron has erected as an alternative to the United States climatosceptics and allowed catalyzing and revitalizing international ambition on the climate,” says Lola Vallejo, the Director of the Climate Program of The Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI). In 2017, the fear was great for other refractory countries to climate action, such as Brazil, Russia or Turkey, rushes in the American breach and decide to leave the international treaty seal two years earlier . “The French President has played a useful role in ensuring the continuity of climate governance and the Paris Agreement”, abounds for the American Alden Meyer, which has been following the climate negotiations for forty years, and officiates at Think Tank E3G.
In December 2017, Emmanuel Macron launches the first One Planet Summit, a summit gathering heads of state, local authorities, companies and civil society in order to enhance the ambition through concrete actions, particularly through the finance. A Quarantine of coalitions of Actors see the day , like the one combining 95 central banks and supervisors for “green finance”.
In parallel, France receives a Quarantine of scientists in the world whole whose research on climate change is financed. Commitments that will go to the French president the title of “Earth Champion” , a distinction awarded by the United Nations Environment Program in September 2018. “At this time, Emmanuel Macron was seen as a Star on climate issues,” remembers Lola Vallejo.
Announcement of several priority actions
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