Audrey Pulvar, Paris's deputy mayor for international relations, blamed the US for helping fuel France's deadly heatwave while pushing back against Americans mocking the country's lack of air conditioning. She wrote: "As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing." She added: "So please, enough with the lecture. Just start doing your part."