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The Greens are calling for emergency measures to survive the summer
The Left group has listed twenty “essential” and “necessary” measures for immediate implementation. Among them, an increase in the budget allocated to the Green Fund.
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Green group wants to regulate car traffic in metros during peak heat.
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Regulated transport, housing security, right of withdrawal in case of hot weather: Green representatives called on Wednesday to implement “twenty essential measures” from this summer in the face of a “climate runway”. “Adaptation” to global warming is “no longer a choice, it’s a necessity,” insists group leader Cyrielle Chatelain in an “urgent” proposal sent to AFP. The measures taken concern many sectors of society.
Focus on home renovations
EELV elected officials plead first to “embrace habitat” with a broader plan for global warming. To “get through the summer”, they are now asking for “improvements” by subsidizing sun protection (shading, shutters) and mandating them if major work is done by the condominium. To “return the sun’s rays”, they should “paint all public buildings white” and encourage the private sector to do the same.
In schools, they demand that 100% of playgrounds be paved by 2035. On the transportation side, the environmental group wants to regulate car traffic in metropolitan areas during heat peaks, reduce speeds, and use alternative or restricted traffic to make traffic more exposed. areas. He also wants to implement “reasonable air conditioning solutions for public transport” to strengthen their attraction to the car.
Twenty-three Green MPs are calling for working conditions to adapt to higher temperatures. Interprofessional negotiations were initiated on the matter and the “Right of Withdrawal from 33°C in Labor Law” was introduced. Insoumise Caroline Fiat on Tuesday proposed a right of withdrawal in case of heat waves, emphasizing exposed industries: construction, agricultural workers… To protect access to water, elected officials proposed the EELV “to ban watering golf courses”. Level 2 and 3 drought event”. The EELV elected in Saint-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) said they want “megabasins” banned during a demonstration marked by violent clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement on March 25.
Billions more euros to finance adaptation
For “financial adaptation”, they are asking for an additional two billion euros in green funding for communities. In a recent press interview parisian, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne pledged to add 5 billion euros to the 2 billion already planned by 2024 to double the rate of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in France and meet the 2030 targets.
(AFP)
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