Macron at COP27: I will push the US and China to do their part on the climate

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According to the French president, France and Europe are on the right track

Ready to put pressure on the US and China to do what they can to help poor countries deal with the consequences of climate change, the Emmanuel Macron.

“We will have to make the US and China really keep the appointment” regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and economic solidarity, the French leader noted in an exchange of views held in Sharm el-Sheikh. where the UN summit is being held, with young African and French climate activists.

According to the French president, France and Europe they are on the right track in terms of reducing emissions of gases that cause climate change. However, large emerging countries should “get away from carbon very quickly”, he noted.

Moreover, as the debate on the issue of financial aid to the countries most vulnerable to climate change gains ground at COP27, the French president stressed that “the Europeans pay”, but “we are the only ones who pay”.

We should therefore “put pressure on rich non-European countries, tell them ‘you have to pay your share'”, he underlined.

It is noted that the meeting is underway with two major absentees: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden who will make a brief appearance in Sharm el-Sheikh on November 11, following the November 8 US midterm elections>

Cooperation between China and the US, the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, is critical to tackling climate change.

Xi and Biden may meet next week in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit.

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