Élisabeth Borne: France’s new PM faces immediate pressure to act on climate

First female prime minister in 30 years faces calls to act fast after five lost years' on tackling global heating

The new French prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, has immediately come under pressure from environmentalists on the left who warned hopes were low" that she would drastically cut France's carbon emissions or move fast enough to address global heating, despite Emmanuel Macron's election promise to make France a world-leader on the climate emergency.

Borne's first comments after taking office were 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."