Transport, the change of boilers and the decarbonization of factories are among the first items targeted by the government to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from France, according to a project presented on Monday.
The action plan unveiled by Elisabeth Borne proposes for the first time quantified objectives for the major sectors of the economy by 2030.
To comply with the European objectives developed over the past two years on the path to carbon neutrality by 2050, France wants to reduce its emissions by 50% by 2030, compared to 1990, to reach 270 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year. (MtCO2e/year), compared to 408 million in 2022, which implies bringing them down at twice the rate of today.
This plan, which still needs to be discussed with the sectors and passed through a climate-energy law in Parliament, relies in particular on the electrification of cars and carpooling, but also on an effort on logistics (electrification or switching to hydrogen from vehicles, transfer to river and rail, etc. in the context of a boom in home deliveries.
Transport forms the main source of emissions in the territory (approximately a third of the total) and traffic continues to increase.
The project presented by Elisabeth Borne also relies on the gradual disappearance of oil-fired boilers, in the tertiary and residential sectors, as already provided for by the law which prohibits new equipment… But also, novelty, it aims to eliminate new gas boiler equipment, according to methods not yet defined. An annual saving of 26 MtCO2e is expected.
In industry, the plan aims for a gain of 24 MtCO2e in 2030 thanks to the decarbonization of large sites, and -11 MtCO2e on the rest of the industrial fabric.
This overview was drawn up by the services of the Prime Minister, which since 2022 has had a general secretariat for ecological planning, headed by Antoine Pellion and made up of around fifteen advisers.
To achieve the French objective of -50% emissions in 2030 compared to 1990, while France is only -25%, an effort will be required of all: no one will be able to hide, they say Matignon.
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But we ask a little of the small and a lot of the big ones, with about half of the emission reduction efforts carried out by companies, a quarter by households and a quarter by communities, we add.
According to Matignon, half of the identified levers are already engaged (support for the purchase of electric cars, greening of industry, law on renewable energies, etc.).
For the rest, after the publication of this project on Monday, a series of thematic meetings is planned between ministers and stakeholders (energy, agriculture, etc.), to refine this plan by the end of June and the holding of an ecological planning council. around Emmanuel Macron.
Because the major question of funding will arise, whether to encourage the purchase of electric vehicles or the replacement of boilers in homes.