France: the battle for the climate on the benches of Parliament

The deputies begin on Monday March 8, 2021 in committee the examination of the emblematic climate bill (illustrative image).

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By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

1 min

The examination of the 5,000 amendments to the Climate and Resilience Bill begins this week in the National Assembly.

Resulting from the work of the Citizen's Convention on the climate, the 69 articles which deal with mobility, food, housing or advertising do not allow France to meet its climate commitments.

What does the bill contain?

What are the points of tension?

What role did the lobbies play? 

Publicity

Guests: 

- Corinne Le Quéré,

President of the High Council for the Climate

Matthieu Orphelin,

environmentalist deputy

Mathilde Imer

, member of the Governance Committee of the

Citizen's Climate Convention

and the Open Democracy Movement 

Barnabé Binctin,

independent journalist, co-author of

the Lobbies against citizens survey, who wants the skin of the climate convention?

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