France: Emmanuel Macron launches the world summit for nature conservation
French President Emmanuel Macron in Marseille, September 3, 2021 © REUTERS / Guillaume Horcajuelo / Pool
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The World Congress of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) started in Marseille, in the south of France, under the chairmanship of Emmanuel Macron.
In opening, the French Head of State pledged that France better protect its maritime space in the Mediterranean by 2027.
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With our special correspondent in Marseille,
Agnès Rougier
The IUCN World Congress has taken off.
After a musical and danced introduction by a young company from Marseille, President Macron welcomed political, financial and civil society representatives on stage.
Benoît Payan, the mayor of Marseille, pleaded for the protection of the Mediterranean, which has lost 20% of its biodiversity in 20 years.
Photographer Sebastião Salgado has called for a total ban on the export of timber from the planet's largest terrestrial carbon sink.
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, first admitting her commitment to save her animal mascot, the whale, said that finance will play its part in the fight against climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
Regarding the objective of protecting 30% of the territory and the oceans by 2030, including 10% in strong protection, President Macron has announced a 0.2% increase in strong protection in the Mediterranean currently, to 5% at the present time. horizon 2027.
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