Monique Barbut
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- Oct 13
Citepa forecasts a 2.8% drop in French emissions in 2026, but the pace is still too slow
Citepa expects France's greenhouse gas emissions to reach 349.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2026, with lower diesel use and heating demand driving the decline.
- Oct 6
French parliamentary report puts summer 2026 heatwave damages at €16 billion
A National Assembly mission led by Éric Coquerel estimated that heatwaves, drought, and wildfires in summer 2026 caused at least €16 billion in economic damage and public costs across France.
- Sep 26
Thousands join 260 climate marches across France after summer heatwaves
Demonstrators staged roughly 260 rallies throughout France on 26 September, calling for emergency ecological policies and wealth taxes after a summer of severe heatwaves and wildfires.
- Aug 23
Mélenchon proposes ecological conscription and eco-regions at LFI summer school
Jean-Luc Mélenchon closed his party's summer gathering in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère with proposals to reorganize France into river-basin eco-regions and establish mandatory civil defense conscription.
- Aug 10
France drought: 63% of aquifers below normal, nearly 70% of country under water restrictions
France's groundwater crisis worsened through July 2026, the hottest month ever recorded in the country, with 63% of aquifers below seasonal normals by August 1 and nearly 70% of the territory under water usage restrictions as the government convened a crisis meeting for August 12.
- Jul 23
French ecology minister Monique Barbut reverses resignation after Macron guarantees on pesticides law
Monique Barbut, France's ecological transition minister, withdrew her resignation on Wednesday after President Emmanuel Macron refused to accept it and offered new environmental guarantees, following a dispute over pesticide reintroduction in the agricultural emergency law.
- Jul 22
French ecology minister Monique Barbut quits as parliament brings back two pesticides banned in France
Monique Barbut, France's Ecological Transition minister, intends to resign after the government declined to block a parliamentary amendment reintroducing two neonicotinoid pesticides prohibited nationally but still permitted across the European Union.
