Meeting with Albert II, the “pragmatic” ecologist of Monaco
The prince is an accessible and benevolent man
, make sure that several Monegasques met on July 6, 2022. Nevertheless, an interview – an audience as they say at the palace – remains somewhat formal. You don’t reach out to him if he doesn’t do it first. And you tell him hello monsignor
, summarizes the director of the restoration of the palace.
On the occasion of the release of his book Man and the OceanPrince Albert II has agreed to receive our colleagues from Nice morning then West France. The opportunity to question the relationship of the prince, and the principality, to ecology. Car evokes the Rock, the nickname of Monaco, is more reminiscent of yachts and luxury cars than of sobriety or decline…
We are doing everything possible to achieve our goals: reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050
, says Albert II in a thin voice. For the heir to the Grimaldi family, there is no question of imposing his decisions. The ecological transition last longer if people are persuaded to slightly change their consumption pattern
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Concerning the cars of the 40,000 Monegasques for example, I could have issued texts to ban thermal cars and…