Billions of euros unlocked, rapid responses ... Faced with the coronavirus, "we know how to do it," observed this Wednesday the president of the High Council for Climate (HCC), Corinne Le Quéré, estimating that, faced with the emergency on the other hand, "nobody is at the level".
“France is not achieving its climate targets. Our annual effort to reduce emissions must triple by 2025, "said the climatologist, who heads the independent body set up by Emmanuel Macron in late 2018 to assess public policies to fight global warming.
A "class of dunces"
In a first report published in June, the HCC pointed to the shortcomings of government policy to meet its carbon neutrality objective by 2050. "Without pushing the analogy too far, we can see with the current health crisis linked to the coronavirus the capacity of governments to act urgently for the general interest ”, underlined Corinne Le Quéré during an intervention before the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese) concerning the response made by the government to this report, according to the text of his speech.
“Action plans are developed on the basis of scientific and updated data. A rapid response is coordinated internationally, supported by individuals and companies. Communication is continuous. Significant sums are released at national or European level to help companies get over the point, ”she lists. “So we know how to do it. "
On the other hand, faced with global warming which threatens millions of lives and entire ecosystems, "no one is at the level of the climate crisis in which we have entered", judges the scientist. “France is certainly not the worst student in the world or in the European Union; but we are talking about a class of dunces, ”asserts Corinne Le Quéré.
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