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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Wake-up call for France as climate experts push for new action on emissions

The top section of the Eiffel Tower was closed on 1 July as Paris was put on the highest level of alert for extreme heat. AFP - THIBAUD MORITZ

France’s top climate advisory body has called for renewed urgency in tackling climate change, warning that recent setbacks and a slowdown in decarbonisation efforts risk undermining the country’s environmental goals.

France is falling behind on its climate promises as extreme weather claims lives, hits food supply chains and strains public budgets, the country’s top climate advisory council warned on Thursday.

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