IN a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, pledging that his country will be on the forefront in the global fight against climate change. “I want to make France a model in the fight against climate change,” Macron said, noting that this would be one of five pillars of economic reform. “On climate change, we’re losing the battle,” Macron told the Davos forum, adding that the world needed concrete action and results by 2020. France’s energy mix is dominated by nuclear power, while coal barely accounts for a slim 1 percent or less, but the pledge to shut down coal-fired power plants is a sign that Macron wants France to lead the world in the fight against climate change. The French President’s timeline is more aggressive than that of his predecessor—former president Francois Hollande had said in 2016 that all coal-fired plants in France would close by 2023 […]