Climate Change

There is a need for France to be that moralizing voice, even if Macron is sometimes screaming into the void. If you don’t have a France that annoys the U.S. on Iraq, that disagrees on Iran, that pushed for the Paris climate accords, no one else will do it.

[On carbon pricing without adjustments] It’s giving politicians and the public the warm feeling that they’re fighting climate change, even as the problem continues to grow.

[On climate change leadership] Every proposal we make in cutting emissions needs to be evaluated through the lens of followership. Are things that we do near home or in collaboration with other countries … likely to lead other emitters around the world to reduce their emissions?