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France's President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP) in Sao Paulo, a Franco-Brazilian economic forum aimed to establishing ways to make the economy greener. IMAGES
Several hundred environmental activists enter a chemical plant in Pierre-Benite, Lyon, to protest against pollution. The action was organised by Extinction Rebelloion and Youth for Climate and saw protesters cutting through boundary fences, smash security equipment and unfurl a large banner from the site's roof reading "poison". IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky sign a bilateral security agreement in Paris designed to guarantee long-term civilian and military support for Ukraine in the midst of its war with Russia. IMAGES
The EU should seek to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, its climate commissioner says, proposing a new interim target towards making the bloc carbon neutral in 2050. "Based on the best available science, and a detailed impact assessment, we are recommending that the 2040 target should be a 90 percent emission cut" compared to 1990 levels, says commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, calling for a "fair transition" that will allow EU businesses to thrive. SOUNDBITE
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin welcomes British Home Secretary James Cleverly at the French Interior Ministry at the Hotel de Beauvau, in Paris. IMAGES
Activists from a number of NGOs, including Glasgow Actions Team and 350.org, unfurl a banner with a wind turbine in front of the Eiffel Tower, on the Place du Trocadéro in Paris, to call for an end to the financing of fossil fuels and the taxation of polluters, on the eve of the Paris summit for "a new global financial pact". IMAGES