Question 33406 — foreign policy

Summary

Mrs Florence Provendier questions the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs about the vacancy for the post of ambassador in charge of negotiations on climate change, for renewable energies and the prevention of climate risks. Indeed, on April 20, 2020, by decree, Ms. Brigitte Collet was appointed Ambassador of France to Brazil and, since then, this strategic position remains to be filled. Given the decisive role of France during the UN climate conference of 2015 (COP 21) which allowed the signing of the Paris agreement, she underlines the urgency of filling this position, if only to coordinate the French position during the next COP26 initially scheduled for Glasgow in November 2020, postponed to 2021 due to the health crisis. Furthermore, she also questions the relevance of the elimination of the pole ambassador function, given the importance of their impact on global warming and France's observer status within the Arctic Council. Climate issues have become the compass of politicians and are of paramount importance in the eyes of French citizens, who expressed this forcefully during the Citizens' Climate Convention. Never has France been as proactive as today with, for example, the implementation place of this Convention or the measures taken by the Government such as the first green budget for 2021. There is in France an ambassador for the environment, Mr. Yann Wehrling, appointed on December 10, 2018, and a vice-president of the United Nations Environment Assembly, Ms. Bérangère Abba. Le France's international influence and the promotion of a zero-carbon society require interministerial cooperation and fully established thematic ambassadors. Taking into account all these elements and France's desire to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, she asks him what France's strategy is in strengthening international cooperation to fight global warming, and by extension if he has the desire to quickly appoint an ambassador responsible for negotiations on climate change, for renewable energies and the prevention of climate risks.

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