![]() They increased the targets, but they are still for carbon neutrality in 2060 and a peak in 2030. They are improving the system and they committed to reduce especially HFC emissions since they are super super-polluters, and even worse than CO2. But they launched with us this solar initiative two years, three years ago now. This is a huge democracy with a lot of inequality to deal with. India is very committed and they- they are an emerging country. We need to accelerate innovation and ability to deliver. MARGARET BRENNAN: -to make new commitments? MARGARET BRENNAN: But don't you need China and India. PRESIDENT MACRON: This is even more urgent than five years ago. And now we have to accelerate because we are living the first consequences of basically climate disorders. Second, as Europeans, we increased our targets for 20 a few months ago because indeed we were lagging behind in comparison with our targets. and the federal government decided to join again and to commit. I was extremely happy because now the U.S. But I think the decision taken by your president in general this year was super important. It's time to rush, and President Biden is 100% right to do so. PRESIDENT MACRON: Yes, I think because now it's time to deliver. What makes you think it'll be achievable this time? And now President Biden is going to ask for further cuts to emissions. President Biden brought the US back into that Paris climate change accord three months ago, but hardly any of the countries that signed it, including yours, have actually met their targets. MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about climate. We pick up our interview with French President Emmanuel Macron on just that topic. CBS News is devoting this week to an extensive look at climate change in our series Eye on Earth: Our Planet in Peril. Thursday is Earth Day and President Biden will be hosting a global virtual summit to discuss the climate challenges facing us all. MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We'll have more of our interview in our next half hour, stay with us. And on top of that, what we have to provide is financing as well for these economies. PRESIDENT MACRON: After summer, we will accelerate these deliveries. It's very limited, but these guys are working hard to preserve the health system and this is something we can do. And I think between now and June, we have to send a maximum doses of vaccine, which is a tiny part of what we get for us, to vaccinate the- the workers of the healthcare system in Africa. And I- I want to thank the US for the four billion committed to COVAX, which is the vehicle to provide vaccines, but as well for the doses we will send altogether. ![]() ![]() And this is where I do believe your country has a huge role because you can provide financing. This is to help them to vaccinate, and this is to help them basically as well to precisely improve their health system, because this is as important as vaccination diagnostics and treatments. OK, so one year ago we launched this initiative. So I think this is not sufficient just to be focused on the rich countries. You will have new variants and they will come back in our countries. Because if we leave this country is being contaminated by COVID-19 in South and Latin America, in Africa, you will have more and more people being contaminated. PRESIDENT MACRON: If we don't vaccinate in these countries, there is no way to get rid of the virus. MARGARET BRENNAN: When will you give away that five percent of vaccine doses that you say rich countries like yours should give to poor countries? So I don't think that the Russian vaccine today is a solution to an acceleration because it will take time to have the authorization of the European agency and it will take time to produce on our continent such a vaccine. And at this stage, the Russian vaccine is not recognized by our authorities. First, if there is no recognition of a vaccine by our European sanitary authorities, there is no way to use this vaccine on our soil. There are a few member-states decided to have a discussion with Sputnik, but we have a- very few simple principles. PRESIDENT MACRON: Because of the fact that we accelerated production in Europe, we are definitely catching up and we will be in the situation to meet our targets with what we have now. Given that you need vaccines right now, are you going to buy Russia's Sputnik vaccine to make up for the shortfall. As you know, that has hurt your country in rolling out these vaccines. President, the European Union has been slow. ![]()
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