Together for 1.5
Planning concrete measures for a just transition
The new French 2030 climate target of at least 50% greenhouse gas emission does not comply with a Paris-compatible 1.5°C trajectory. At least 65% emissions reductions by 2030 should be achieved for France to take its fair share of climate action. Also, the pathway to reach 2030 should be clear and quite ambitious. For now, France has a history of keeping the 2030 target but shifting the intermediary targets, which postpone public action.
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Lacking territorial engineering for developing renewable energies
Renewable energy projects are mostly developed in rural areas, where engineering capacity to organize and monitor their development is scarce. Yet the new law on accelerating the deployment of...
No multi year financing plan to achieve the fair transition
The French Strategy for Climate and Energy misses a major opportunity as it does not integrate a financing plan.13 to 15 billion EUR of annual public and private...
Poor measures for livestock and meat consumption
French law does not set any target for reducing the number of livestock, only considers « optimization objectives » and only tackles the imperative of decreasing meat consumption with awareness and...
Grazing as an objective of the NECP
Grazing is key to achieve emissions reduction objectives in the NECP but concrete implementation measures are still needed.
Yearly endowment fund for local climate policies
Local authorities should double their investments to reach the national emissions goal, however the current yearly endowment system does not offer enough clarity on their ability to invest. A...
Increasing weight of passenger vehicles
The explosion in sales of SUVs, both internal combustion and electric, risks dooming the transition of the automotive sector. It is urgent to counter this trend, which is incompatible..
100bn EUR for the railway sector
A 100 billion EUR investment plan for the railway sector by 2040 was launched in February 2023 by the French government. These investments should now contribute to reducing greenhouse..
French NECP
France is significantly behind schedule in submitting its NECP (National Energy and Climate Plans) draft plan according to the European calendar and is expected to do so only in early next year. The revision process starts with framework law on energy and climate, financing and sectoral laws.