“We have to have the United States and China who are really there”, in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and financial solidarity, he said during a meeting. exchange in Sharm el-Sheikh with young African and French people committed to the climate, on the occasion of COP 27.
French President Emmanuel Macron assured this Monday, on the sidelines of COP 27 in Egypt, that he wanted to “put pressure” on “rich non-European countries”, and in particular the United States, so that they pay their “share” to help poor countries deal with climate change.
The United States and China in the sights
“We have to have the United States and China who are really there”, in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and financial solidarity, he said during a meeting. exchange in Sharm el-Sheikh with young African and French people committed to the climate. France and Europe are, according to him, on the right trajectory in terms of reducing emissions. But the major emerging countries must “get out of coal very quickly”, he pleaded.
In addition, while the debate on financial aid to the most vulnerable countries grows at COP 27, “Europeans pay” but “we are the only ones to pay”. We must therefore “put pressure on the rich non-European countries, tell them ‘you have to pay your share'”, he added.