Michelin-starred French chef Marc
Veyrat who cooked for world leaders at the UN climate talks in Paris, was on Friday served up a €100,000 fine for destroying the forest around his Alpine restaurant.
As organizers and world leaders are gearing up for the Paris climate summit, The Local gives you a rundown of the key facts and figures you need to know.
Around 150 leaders from around the world united in Paris on Monday for the COP21 climate summit, seen by many as the last chance to reach a deal aimed at limiting global warming.
Protesters linked hands near the violent heart of the Paris terror attacks on Sunday, giving an emotional jolt to world leaders flying into the French capital to try and save Earth from climate catastrophe.
Thousands of police on the borders and no cars in Paris - these were the main initiatives announced by France to ensure security at the COP 21 climate summit next week.
Going ahead with the UN climate talks in Paris is the "best response" to the terror attacks that killed 130 people in the French capital, President Francois Hollande insists.
The bloody terrorist attacks in Paris continue to have a knock on effect in France with authorities moving to ban two climate change rallies scheduled to be staged during the COP 21 summit.
France will deploy thousands of police at its borders on Friday ahead of key climate change talks in the country but it could be too little too late, with one police source saying dangerous black bloc protesters are already in the country.
France and the United States appeared to clash Thursday over the legal status of a global pact to be agreed in Paris in December to stave off dangerous climate change.
As ministers from 60 countries meet in Paris for pre-Cop 21 summit talks on climate change on Monday, the French Foreign Minister warned that "life on our planet is at stake".
Long-time climate change sceptic Vladimir Putin will attend the UN climate summit in Paris starting November 30th. But the president's pledge for emission cuts is "inadequate", according to scientific analysis.
In a bid to boost security, France will bring back its border checks during the COP 21 climate summit which will take place in Paris later this month, the country's interior minister said on Friday.
French president François Hollande arrived in China on Monday hoping to convince the world's largest polluter to support a deal at the forthcoming climate change conference in Paris.
