At the time of writing, the part of the European continent identified as ‘France’ is experiencing a massive strike against the (umpteenth) ‘pension reform’, paralyzing part of its transport (SNCF, RATP), its media (Radio France), its hospitals, its schools, its universities. As I am finishing this first sentence, one of the cats who share my living space has gone to perch on the roof of a garage in front of my window, where he has sat down to contemplate what is happening in the street. At the turn of the 2020s, the obstructions and setbacks experienced at the last COP 24 and 25 meetings seem to steer the prospects for global warming closer to an average 4°C increase than to the 2°C initially set as an absolute ceiling.