France is Europe’s biggest supporter of ‘carbon bomb’ projects, data shows

French banks have financed $154bn-worth of fossil fuel projects that risk 1.5C heating since 2015 climate pactFrance is Europe’s biggest supporter of “carbon bomb” extraction projects that hold enough fossil fuels to pump out more than a gigaton of CO2 each, the Guardian can reveal.Since world leaders gathered in the French capital to sign the Paris agreement in 2015 – where they promised to try to stop the planet heating by 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – French banks have financed companies planning or operating carbon bombs amounting to $154bn.