On the road, French motorists would be willing to drive more slowly to fight global warming. According to a study carried out by Elabe, published in the parisian this Sunday, driving at 110 kilometers per hour on motorways instead of the current 130 kilometers per hour would be an acceptable climate measure for 68% of French people, since COP27 opens this Sunday in Egypt.
The thorny issue of the maximum authorized speed on motorways has periodically resurfaced in recent years. Proposed by the members of the Citizen Convention for Climate in 2020, the measure had been rejected by Emmanuel Macron, after the failure of the 80 km/h reform in the secondary network. The debate has resurfaced again in recent weeks, around issues of purchasing power and the climate emergency.
Waste sorting and recycled water
Elabe’s survey for Veolia asked 25,000 people about climate measures in 25 different countries, including France. More than 8 out of 10 French people (82%) would thus be willing to sort their waste more and 70% could eat less meat. Furthermore, 67% would agree to wash with recycled water: less than 1% of water is currently recycled in France, compared to 15% in Spain, for example.
A single imperative: all these measures must not delve further into the wallet. In France, one in two respondents would not want to pay more for a product or service presented as being more climate-friendly.
Source: BFM TV
