According to the independent body, France’s response to climate change “is progressing but remains insufficient”. Matignon announced that the country is now aiming for a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, against −40% previously.
There is better but the account is still not there. In its fourth annual report, published on Wednesday, June 29, the High Council for Climate (HCC) considers that France’s response to climate change “is progressing but remains insufficient”, so that “major risks persist” of not achieving the targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions for 2030. Given this threat and the strengthening of European targets, the independent body, set up by Emmanuel Macron in 2018, calls for a “jump” of the climate action in the country.