Environmental and Climate Change in the French Presidential Elections: Ambiguities and Contradiction

Environmental and climate change have sparked continued attention, support and opposition during the last presidential tenure. What are the chances for this issue to become a central component of the presidential campaign? Will this be an issue that will be taken seriously at all beyond official statements? What are the main fault lines dividing both the opinion and political parties’ positions in regard to the climate crisis?
A conference with:

• Nicolas Sauger, Director, Centre de données socio-politiques, Sciences Po
• Hélène Soubelet, Director at The French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB)
• Xavier Timbeau, Director, OFCE-Sciences Po

Chair : Charlotte Halpern, Researcher at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po.
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