Business profile: For my next mission: save the world

Important because Mr de Rivaz is a man on a mission. Ostensibly that mission is to persuade the UK Government to let EDF build and operate nuclear power stations and make a healthy return on its investment, thank you very much.

As for being “that colour” himself, his concession is to ride a bike. There are no solar panels or windmills on his house in Chelsea. Otherwise, he relaxes by taking photos. Like a lot of displaced Frenchmen in London, he has grown rather fond of the capital. It tickles him that he will represent the city at the New York summit alongside Mr Livingstone.

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