"'Make our planet great again' is a possibility, not just in words but also in deed," Macron said. In 2017, Macron launched an initiative called "Make our planet great again" which offered U.S. climate scientists multi-year grants to relocate and conduct climate research in France. Already, climate change has been a featured topic in his first calls with U.S. allies and Pope Francis since being elected. European leaders hope a Biden administration focus on climate change will encourage other countries to pledge deeper emissions cuts ahead of a U.N. climate conference in Glasgow in November 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose government is hosting the gathering, discussed climate change in a post-election call with Biden and invited him to attend.

Source: Daily Mirror November 12, 2020 19:55 UTC