General decrease in CO2 emissions in France

Finally, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is installed in France in each sector, but we will have to redouble our efforts.

This could be summed up in the 2022 report of the High Council for Climate (HCC), the independent body created in 2018 by Emmanuel Macron to assess public policies in the fight against climate change.

Admittedly, there was a rebound in emissions of 6.4% in 2021 compared to 2020 (to 418 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, taking into account the impact of other gases, such as methane), no doubt due to the economic recovery linked to the lifting of the constraints imposed by Covid-19.

But

, welcomes climatologist Corinne Le Quéré, president of the HCC.

CO2 emissions are, in 2021, 23% below their 1990 levels

Corinne Le Quéré, President of the HCC

This is a long term trend.

Despite the recent recovery, emissions

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