Macron slammed for asking: 'Who could have predicted the climate crisis?'

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Noting the "singular" aspect of these speeches, which "force us to talk about an uncertain future," the president reviewed the crises that France and Europe underwent during the past year.Paleoclimatologist Valérie Masson-Delmotte, who was invited to the Elysée Palace on August 31, 2022, to raise the awareness of the government, criticized Mr. Macron's phrasing while providing documents from the latest IPCC report on the effects of global warming in Europe.In the first part, devoted to the physics of climate change, experts warned of "rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and biosphere" and noted that extreme events, such as heat waves, heavy rain, or droughts, had become more frequent and intense.By questioning the predictability of global warming, he is siding with the climate change deniers," said Aurélie Trouvé, La France Insoumise MP (LFI, left) and leader of her party on the renewable energy bill.Defending a pragmatic approach While the first deadlines are coming up fast, with the vote on the renewable energy bill taking place in the Assemblée Nationale on January 10, this speech casts doubt on the government's commitment to this matter."

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