“Kylian Mbappé would be an excellent ambassador” to encourage ecological gestures, according to an IPCC climatologist

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After the ironic remarks of PSG coach Christophe Galtier, Valerie Masson-Delmotte believes that the Parisian striker has a role to play in raising awareness of the issues linked to climate change.

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Kylian Mbappe”would be an excellent ambassador and there are plenty of scientists who would be delighted to talk to footballers at PSG and elsewhere to encourage their actions and share knowledge.“, indicated Tuesday September 6 on France Inter Valérie Masson-Delmotte, climatologist, director of research at the Laboratory of climate and environmental sciences of Paris-Saclay, co-president of group 1 of the IPCC, member of the High Council for Climate , after the controversy over the movement of the PSG by plane.

Asked about the use of a private jet for the club’s trip to Nantes this weekend, PSG coach Christophe Galtier quipped Monday, September 5 at a press conference. “We’re trying to see if we can’t move in a sand yacht“, he said, provoking the laughter of striker Kylian Mbappé.

The scientist who provided training on the consequences of global warming to members of the government, indicates that “for a long time in conferences public“, she “said it would be good for someone like Kylian Mbappé to show that you can pick up litter, get around by bike“.

“The words he [Kylian Mbappé] can have and the gestures it will have, will have an influence far greater than anything scientists can say or do because it makes people dream, it inspires many people“, says Valérie Masson-Delmotte, who appeals to the PSG striker.

She recalls that ecological initiatives within the world of football exist, in particular “an association called Football Ecology France which sets up action levers of ecological frescoes around football to reach parents, practitioners, supporters, students and professionals“.


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