By 2050, France aims to reduce its GHG emissions to achieve carbon neutrality.
Description
The Law on Energy Transition for Green Growth (LTECV) published in the Journal Officiel on August 18, 2015, and the accompanying action plans aim to enable France to make a more effective contribution to combating climate disruption and preserving the environment, as well as strengthening its energy independence while offering its businesses and citizens access to energy at a competitive cost.
These tools will be available to citizens, businesses and local authorities, enabling them to take concrete action to boost purchasing power by reducing household energy bills, to improve quality of life by better protecting the planet and public health, and to seize opportunities for growth, competitiveness and employment for existing industries and the sectors of the future.
The objectives of the law
The aim of the energy transition is to prepare for the post-oil era and establish a robust, sustainable energy model to meet the challenges of energy supply, price trends, resource depletion and environmental protection.
To provide a framework for joint action by citizens, businesses, local authorities and the State, the law sets medium- and long-term objectives:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% between 1990 and 2030 and divide greenhouse gas emissions by four between 1990 and 2050 (factor 4). The trajectory is specified in the carbon budgets;
Reduce final energy consumption by 50% by 2050 compared with the 2012 baseline, with an intermediate target of 20% by 2030;
Reduce primary energy consumption from fossil fuels by 30% by 2030 compared with the 2012 baseline;
Increase the share of renewable energies to 23% of gross final energy consumption in 2020 and 32% of gross final energy consumption in 2030;
Increase the share of nuclear power in electricity production to 50% by 2025;
Achieve an energy performance level in line with "low-energy building" standards for the entire housing stock by 2050;
Combating fuel poverty;Affirm the right of access to energy for all without excessive cost in relation to household resources;
Reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill sites by 50% by 2025, and gradually decouple economic growth from the consumption of raw materials.
The French Energy Transition Law for Green Growth (LTECV) promotes sustainable economic growth and the creation of permanent, non-displaceable jobs:
it will create 100,000 jobs in the short term (including 75,000 in the energy renovation sector and nearly 30,000 in the renewable energies sector) and over 200,000 jobs by 2030;GDP should benefit from the efforts made, by 0.8% in 2020 and 1.5% in 2030.
Source : government
Read more (article in french): https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/loi-transition-energetique-croissance-verte
