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Climate change is “disputed by no one”, assures Marine Le Pen

PARIS — Après plusieurs mois où la France fut frappée de plein fouet par les conséquences du dérèglement climatique, Marine Le Pen est revenue sur ses propos relativisant la crédibilité des scénarios du Giec, la référence scientifique mondiale sur le climat, dans un entretien à POLITICO. Assurant que le réchauffement climatique “n’est absolument contesté par […]

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Marine Le Pen has backtracked on her previous comments downplaying the credibility of the IPCC's climate scenarios in an interview with POLITICO. She now acknowledges that climate change is not disputed by anyone, but notes that some IPCC hypotheses are optimistic while others are more alarmist. Le Pen also claimed that France is well-positioned to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets thanks to its nuclear power plants.

This marks a shift in the National Rally's stance on climate change, following severe heatwaves and wildfires in France.

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