Just before the first step of a major climate summit in the French capital , President Macron awarded 18 climate variety - focused inquiry grants to researchers from all over the planet . Thirteen have extend to American researchers , and their funding is guarantee for the full length of President Trump ’s first ( and perhaps last ) term in agency .

Dubbed the " Make Our Planet Great Again " grants , they aim to supercharge European clime change research while mitigating the damaging core of the US federal political science . For the first round of golf of award , 50 different applicants will be chosen , all funded by the state and various research institutions to the melodic line of $ 70 million . Next yr , a second beat of grant will take post that will be co - funded by Germany .

“ France and Europe will be the property where we will adjudicate how to make our planet neat again , ” Macron explained to his hearing at a technical school event in Paris .

Macron ’s been one of Europe ’s most passionate climate advocate , and his word have so far been followed close by action .

Shortly after the inauguration of President Trump , and just before he was elected as the President of the French Republic , he released a video invite American clime scientists to come to France to “ make our planet swell again . ” This was a clear reproof of Trump ’s “ make America expectant again ” mantra .

A scheme was quick arrange up that guaranteed that for at least four years , climate scientist will be given four - yr - long Duncan Grant to comport their enquiry on behalf of the French regime . As report back in July , it worked : hundreds upon hundreds of applications flooded in , with no polarity of quit . The program was so successful it ’s since been expanded to non - American academics .

Now , in brief before the One Planet Summit in Paris , Macron has awarded the first of his Make Our Planet Great Again grants to 18   unlike researchers from both the US and elsewhere . Overall , there have been1,822 applicationsfrom across 100 rural area , but so far , most of the applicant , and winner , are American .

As reported by theAssociated Press , one American researcher explained that the platform “ give me such a psychological boost , ” add that in the US , scientist feel they have to hide what they do .

This announcement follow on from Macron ’s toast that the UN clime programs abandoned by the US – including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – will be in full funded by European state .

“ They will not neglect a exclusive euro , ” he saidat the clip . He also harbinger that all French coal power plants will be shut down by 2021 .

The DoS of affairs in the US could n’t be more different . Although Congress is maintaining a science fundingfirewallto some point despite Trump ’s care to welt it , the White House is still continuing toreplace scientistswith fossil fuel and petrochemical industriousness executives , while kick downstairs and censoring those that continue .

Climate scientific discipline is unequivocally being suppressed in the US , with phrase like “ climate change ” and “ global heating ” being discouraged , particularly when it comes to backing assignment . Most egregiously , America stands as the only country to reject the groundbreaking Paris agreement after a last - minute signature and ratification bywar - torn Syria .

The fact that it ’s asurprisethat a Trump nominee recently ( albeit reluctantly ) accepted the finding of a major US paper linking man to climate change is profoundly blue .

France and other major European land , admit Germany , have been eschewing the White House for some time . Back in June , they harbinger – along with China – that they wouldbypass the Presidentand work now with the states and businesses in America that are still supporting the Paris agreement .