As heatwaves multiply, public debate often amounts to little more than empty gestures. Recent government decisions to cut green funds and return energy-inefficient homes to the rental market reveal the denial prevailing among much of the political class, writes Le Monde columnist Stéphane Foucart.
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'We are trapped in a climate dystopia, a black comedy scenario, where the grotesque rivals the Orwellian farce'
As heatwaves multiply, public debate often amounts to little more than empty gestures. Recent government decisions to cut green funds and return energy-inefficient homes to the rental market reveal the denial prevailing among much of the political class, writes Le Monde columnist Stéphane Foucart.
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