France's Minister of Energy Transition, Agnes Pagnier-Runachet, said that in the 4th quarter of 2022, the country reduced emissions by 8.5%.
The independent association of climate experts Citepa also recorded a reduction in carbon emissions, but their pace is too low for the EU's climate goals, reports LesFrancais.press.
It is noted that in 2022, territorial emissions, that is, excluding emissions from imported products, decreased by approximately 2.5% compared to 2021 and reached 408 million tons.
The article emphasized that the reduction in emissions was partly due to the increase in electricity prices. However, it was possible to reduce emissions by:
- 15% – households;
- 8% – industry;
- 8% – energy;
- 2% – transport.
"After all, the French threw away 25% less than in 1990. This figure may seem sufficient, but the annual rate of emission reduction does not meet the average EU goal of reducing emissions by 55% by 2030," the article says.
It said France would resume the pace of emissions reductions set out in its National Low Carbon Strategy (SNBC). In 2020, the strategy was revised, increasing the number of maximum emissions from 399 million tons per year to 422 million tons.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that in the European Union, emissions from energy and industry decreased by 1.2-1.6% in 2022 and reached 1.316-1.32 billion tons of CO2 equivalent.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global carbon emissions in 2022 increased to a new record value of 0.9%, that is, to more than 36.8 billion metric tons, which brings the world to a dangerous level of global warming.
