Dr. Yamina Saheb, lecturer and researcher at Sciences Po and co-founder of the World Sufficiency Lab, discusses the growing controversy around air conditioning in France as the country faces more frequent and intense heatwaves.
She argues that France needs a broader climate adaptation strategy - one that prepares buildings, infrastructure and society for hotter summers, while reducing energy demand before relying on technological fixes. Saheb says sufficiency measures should come first, warning that choosing the wrong solutions could worsen energy pressures and make future heatwaves even more dangerous.
