UN climate change chief Christina Figueres may have called Paris "a beacon of hope for the world" as leaders gathered last week to begin hammering out a deal to slow global warming. UN climate change chief Christina Figueres may have called Paris "a beacon of hope for the world" as leaders gathered last week to begin hammering out a deal to slow global warming. But how good is the city's -- and France's -- environmental record? France leads the G20 group of industrialised countries in low-carbon energy, but experts point out that is only because of its massive reliance on nuclear power. With Paris, which is hosting the climate talks, often so choked with traffic that schools have been forced to keep children indoors during peaks of pollution, many insist that France is in no position "to give lessons to anyone". Yannick Jadot, an MEP for France's small and divided Green party, is even more scathing. "The only area that we are leading the world in is in our environmental … [Read more...] about As Paris summit tries to save the planet, how green is France?