Activists disrupt green finance summit in Paris
Protesters intervened shortly after a speech by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, with one holding a banner reading "Macron: champion of fossil fuel finance."
Le Maire said he supported allocating tax revenues from fossil fuels to finance the transition to a greener economy, an idea the government has flagged since early in Macron's mandate.
About 18 activists set off alarms and chanted 'Your finance, our lives', while in a nod to Greta Thunberg, they complained of the "blah, blah" rhetoric they said was coming from Macron's government, echoing the words of the environmental campaigner at a pre-COP26 event in Italy last month.
A French court this month ordered the state to honor its promises on climate change, insisting it take measures to repair ecological damage and to prevent a further increase of carbon emissions by the end of December 2022 at the latest.
