In 2019, the French Finance Minister released the first environmental assessment of France's budget and a Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action was launched including now more than 50 countries. Other events have taken place that demonstrate the growing involvement of public actors long considered - or who have considered themselves - peripheral to the climate challenge: central banks and finance supervisors, public development banks or ministries of agriculture. The involvement of these actors, and in particular those in charge of financing the economy, is good news. Without them, it is illusory to implement coherent public policies.
But being involved is not enough: they must commit, act and deliver. And 2020 will offer many opportunities to test these commitments, in France, in Europe and internationally. Has the climate really become everyone's business? We will see a little more clearly at the end of the year.
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