Climate: the return of the United States to the Paris agreement "is very good news"

INTERVIEW

It was one of Joe Biden's first decisions as President of the United States: the return of the world's leading power in the Paris climate agreement.

A return to the fold of the official agreement since Friday, and "very good news" believes Laurence Tubiana, architect of the Paris agreement and co-chair of the governance committee of the Citizen's Climate Convention.

Invited from Europe Weekend evening, Saturday, she welcomes the choice of the second most polluting country in the world to come back with a view to greening its economy. 

"We've been waiting for four years"

"We've been waiting for four years", she adds, referring to the resounding exit of the United States from the agreement decided by Donald Trump, specifying that some "1,500 cities in the country had then affirmed their commitment to the agreement ".

News greeted with a smile, "especially since the team put in place by Joe Biden on the climate is excellent and covers all sectors of the American economy and finance."

With American reinforcement, the "global center of gravity of the economy is shifting" towards a reduction in greenhouse gases, she says.

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Europe holds the "rudder" of ecological transformation

And if Joe Biden "has decided to have zero carbon electricity by 2035 and has accelerated many green programs in industry or transport", she recalls that it is indeed the Old Continent that holds the reins of this fight.

"Europe is at the helm, especially with the goal of zero emissions by 2050 and a reduction of more than 55% by 2030."

Thus, the decisions taken by the Democrats only follow the path traced on the other side of the Atlantic.

A "European leadership that must be preserved", points out Laurence Tubiana.