The International Energy Agency (IEA) commends France’s efforts to increasingly adapt its energy policy to global energy and climate challenges. At the launch of the new publication Energy Policies of IEA Countries – France 2009 Review today in Paris, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said, “The government’s goals to decrease CO2 emissions by 75% by 2050 and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector to 1990 levels by 2020 are both ambitious and encouraging.”
The comprehensive environmental programme, Grenelle de l’Environnement, including the recent law Grenelle II, sets priority directions for French energy and environment policy and outlines concrete actions towards achieving the ambitious targets. Although some of the initially planned measures have proven challenging in the context of the economic slowdown and budget constraints, the Grenelle-II law still has many positive provisions. It is particularly encouraging that it prioritises emission reductions and energy efficiency improvements in the buildings and transport sectors. These two sectors account for the bulk of France’s GHG emissions, and reducing them is a daunting task, especially for the transport sector.
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