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Disappointment and anger after world fails to agree plastic pollution treaty

France has joined other nations and environmental groups in slamming this week's failure to agree a landmark treaty on tackling plastic pollution. The UN-sponsored world summit ended Friday with no consensus on a last-ditch proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 15, 2025

How do I feel about air conditioning? On the one hand, I’m extremely hot. On the other, it’s destroying the planet

Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking instead, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

France defends tuna policy as critics warn of overfishing in the Indian Ocean

Accusations of overfishing and unfair practices are fuelling tensions at an international tuna summit being held this week on the French island of Réunion.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 15, 2025

Dozens of French farmers arrested during protest at Arc de Triomphe

French police on Friday arrested 66 people at a farmers' protest at the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees in central Paris. The action comes amid anger in the French and European agriculture sectors over rising costs and falling revenues.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 1, 2024

France has enough electricity to last the winter despite cold snap

France will not have electricity worries this winter – even in the face of a cold snap like the one hitting the country this week. Last winter coal-fired plants had to be reactivated in the face of shortages.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 10, 2024

France To Build 14 New Nuclear Power Plants By 2050

Emmanuel Macron's government wants to expand the country's massive nuclear power fleet.

International Business Times · Jan 9, 2024

France slams OPEC call to reject fossil fuel deal at Cop28 climate talks

France's Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has expressed that she was "stunned" after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels at the Cop28 conference.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 9, 2023

‘Stunned’: OPEC urges members to block action on fossil fuels at COP28

French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said Saturday she was "stunned" after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels at the COP28 conference.

France 24 · Dec 9, 2023

Storm Ciarán: deaths reported across Europe while UK faces major disruption – as it happpened

People have been killed by falling trees in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

French parliament votes nuclear plan with large majority

France's parliament voted in favour of the government's nuclear investment plan with a large majority on Tuesday, a day after the government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote over its pension reform plan.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2023