Emmanuel Macron is preparing to leave the Élysée Palace, the official residence of the President of France, in May of next year after ten years in office. His presidency has been defined by a combination of environmental commitments and compromises. Among his notable decisions were the cancellation of the controversial Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport project and the completion of the A69 highway. Despite initially promising to phase out glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, within three years, the chemical remains authorized in France. Macron also fulfilled a promise made by his predecessor, François Hollande, by closing the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, but later shifted focus toward revitalizing France's nuclear energy sector, proposing to extend the lifespan of existing reactors and constructing new ones. Macron introduced several environmental policies during his time in office. The "Hulot Law" banned hydrocarbon exploration and set a target to end existing oil and gas concessions by 2040. He also launched the Citizen Climate Convention, which proposed 149 measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the subsequent "Climate and Resilience" Law only implemented 24 of these proposals, drawing criticism from environmental groups. Another initiative, the "A Billion Trees" plan, aimed to increase France's tree cover but faced backlash for promoting monoculture planting, which can harm biodiversity. Social unrest, particularly the Yellow Vests movement, underscored the conflict between environmental policies and economic concerns. In response to public protests, Macron temporarily suspended a carbon tax. The 2023 Sainte-Soline demonstration against a large water reservoir project led to the criminalization of certain environmental activism practices, resulting in the dissolution of the Earth's Upheavals movement. In 2024, agricultural protests over regulations and trade agreements forced the government to relax some environmental rules, including the suspension of the Ecophyto plan, which aimed to reduce pesticide use. The Duplomb Law of 2025 reintroduced several pesticides that had previously been banned, drawing widespread opposition and prompting a petition with over 2 million signatures. The government's response to the 2026 US attack on Iran included an electrification plan without new funding, while declining to address corporate superprofits. In 2026, Macron's administration abolished low-emission zones (ZFEs), signaling a loss of political control. The summer of 2026 saw record-breaking heatwaves and droughts, resulting in over 8,000 excess deaths and severe wildfires, which intensified calls for accelerated climate adaptation measures.