The limits of patch-up job in ecology

Article published in Le Monde on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Political instability in France is fueled by growing eco-anxiety, even as politicians turn a blind eye to this major societal challenge. We are now discovering that what the “yellow vests” opposed was not just the carbon tax, but, more broadly, any policy that undermines our purchasing power and our comfort.

As with debt and pension funding, we are all aware of the climate crisis, but no one seems willing to acknowledge their individual responsibility or to contribute to solving it. Wind turbines, low-emission zones, and set-aside fields thus provoke even more violent opposition than carbon pricing. The backlash is...

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