Tuesday 31 October 2023

Paris? On S'en Fout!

In 2015, signatories to the Paris Accord, aimed to limit global heating to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Centigrade above pre-Industrial levels. One point five was 'guesstimated' to be the highest 'safe' level of human-mediated climate change, our populations could tolerate. Since that date, French banks have poured more than $150bn into fossil fuel companies. This amount is markedly bigger than any funding given to 'carbon bomb' generators by any other European country (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/31/france-carbon-bomb-projects-banks-fossil-fuels-climate). French banks really don't care about the Paris Accord! Profits are the only game in town.

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