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COP28: the agreement is a “serious step forward”, according to the director general of the French Development Agency
COP28: the agreement is a “serious step forward”, welcomes the director general of the French Development Agency – (franceinfo)
Rémy Rioux, director general of the French Development Agency, is the guest of 19/20 info, Wednesday December 13. He returns to the agreement reached at COP28.
While an agreement talking about a transition away from fossil fuels was reached during COP28, Wednesday December 13, Rémy Rioux, director general of the French Development Agency, guest of 19/20 info, greets “a serious step forward”. For him, the summits are “magical places where the whole world comes together in diversity of opinions”. He believes that it is necessary “move to realization, action, financing the fight against climate change”.
“We measure where we are in texts”
For him, the Dubai Agreement (United Arab Emirates) is not of the same nature as the Paris Agreement, which is an international treaty. With “the COP, each time, we measure in texts where we are”, explains Rémy Rioux. In 2015, the Paris Agreement was the “first truly universal agreement”, he recalls. The Director General of the French Development Agency is now asking for financial resources to be aligned with the ambition that has been stated.
