On his decision Hulot said the day after the French government announced the easing of restrictions on hunting.

Minister of the Environment of France Nicolas Hulot announced his resignation during a live broadcast of the radio station France Inter. He said that he was disappointed by the impossibility in the current government to implement a number of environmental projects, the BBC.

On his decision Hulot said the day after the French government announced the easing of restrictions on hunting. According to the minister, this decision helped him to realize the full power of the power of lobbyists.

He also said that he was disappointed that measures to combat climate change in the French government were at the end of the list of priorities.

According to Hulot, in the government he felt alone and did not see any real support.

The Minister stressed that the decision to resign was made suddenly, neither the President of France Emmanuel Macron nor the Prime Minister Edouard Philip, or even Hulot's wife, knew about him.

Government spokesman Benjamin Grivo said he regrets the resignation of Hulot.

"I do not understand why he resigns, when we thanks to him have made significant progress in the year of work," he said..

Hulot also said that he would like his resignation to be perceived as an "alarm bell" that would prompt the authorities to take more active actions.

A group of American and European scientists concluded that a few dozen years, most of the low lying atolls of the world could become uninhabitable due to climate change and a lack of fresh water. Among them - the Maldives, the Seychelles and part of Hawaii.

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