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

Kylian Mbappe”would be an excellent ambassador” for the climate, believes Valérie Masson-Delmotte, climatologist, who was reacting to the controversy over PSG and his air travel. “Et there are plenty of scientists who would be delighted to talk to footballers at PSG and elsewhere to encourage their actions and share knowledge“, continues the co-president of group 1 of the Giec and member of the High Council for the Climate on France Inter, Tuesday, September 6. On Monday, PSG coach Christophe Galtier replied with a joke to a question about the club’s journeys by plane , saying consider travel “in a yacht”. And causing striker Kylian Mbappé to laugh wildly.

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte, qwho spoke on global warming during the government seminar, explains that she has long insisted on the role of example of the stars: “I said it would be good for someone like Kylian Mbappé to show that you can pick up litter, get around by bike“.

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“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“, assures 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“.