the essentials During her visit to the Météopole in Toulouse, the Minister for Energy Transition spoke about climate skepticism in the party chaired by Jordan Bardella. The phenomenon worries experts.
From the first minutes of her visit to the Meteopole in Toulouse, Agnès Pannier-Runacher was questioned about the worrying rise in climatoscepticism this summer. “At the slightest drop in temperatures, climate skeptics come forward. There is a virulence on communications, especially around heat waves. In some countries, we go so far as to accuse the weather services of creating the heat wave to justify global warming. There is an aggressiveness that has increased vis-à-vis the agents. It is a real concern, “launched Virginie Schwarz, CEO of Météo France.
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A few days earlier, Christophe Cassou, member of the IPCC, suspended his X account (formerly Twitter, editor’s note), after being the target of attacks. Before leaving, the Minister for Energy Transition indicated the reasons for her visit during the heat wave: “I wanted to show these experts, at the service of the country and the French people to give them information and allow them to anticipate this type of episode.”
The enarque took the opportunity to tackle the national rally, after the cookie-cutter exit of MP Thomas Ménagé, who accused the IPCC experts “of exaggerating”. “The remarkable work of Météo France is a challenge to all climate skeptics. We still have proof with the RN, which was worried about the excesses of the IPCC. Climate change is a reality. It’s a scientific fact. 1000 experts analyze it here”, insists Agnès Pannier-Runacher. For Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, scientific deputy director of climatology at Météo France, these attacks force us to communicate with the greatest rigor. “This is a subject that can be tense. Our communications must be irreproachable from a scientific point of view. Despite everything, we must protect colleagues and put the establishment in the front line”, he frames.
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2023-08-24 21:58:12
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