Dubai, December 01, 2023, The Europe Today: French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the COP28 summit on Friday as world leaders gathered in Dubai for the second day of UN climate talks. Attendees are under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming even as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the agenda.
France and Kenya will launch a coalition of countries in favour of creating an international tax within two years that would raise billions of dollars for developing countries most exposed to climate change.
French President Emmanuel Macron told the COP28 climate conference in Dubai that his country, Kenya, Barbados and “several others” were starting an “international taskforce” which will deliver its conclusions at next year’s G20 summit in Rio.
Macron urges G7 nations to ‘put an end to coal’ by 2030
French President Emmanuel Macron urged G7 nations at UN climate talks on Friday to set an example to other countries and “commit to putting an end to coal” by 2030.
Speaking at COP28 in Dubai, Macron said investing in coal was “truly an absurdity”.
