First female prime minister in 30 years faces calls to act fast after ‘five lost years’ on tackling global heating
Borne’s first comments afterwere to promise to “act faster and stronger” to deal with climate challenges, after the newly re-elected centrist president, Macron, promised his prime minister special oversight powers to plan France’s transition to become “the first major nation to abandon gas, oil and coal.”
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