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France’s Emissions Fall 1.5% in 2025, Missing Climate Targets
Citepa said cuts slowed as energy emissions rose and transport reductions stayed small, leaving France far short of the 4% annual pace needed through 2030.
- France's greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.5 percent in 2025, according to data from Citepa, a non-profit organisation tasked by the ecology ministry with tallying the country's greenhouse gas inventory. This reduction remains insufficient to meet 2030 climate targets, which require approximately 4 percent annual cuts.
- After slashing output by 3.9 percent in 2022 and 6.8 percent in 2023, the pace of reduction slowed sharply to 1.8 percent in 2024. Emissions from energy generation rose in 2025, while transport cuts remained only small.
- Anne Bringault, director of programs at the Climate Action Network , blamed "setbacks in public policies for ecological transition" for the slowdown. France struggles to reduce energy intensity in politically sensitive sectors like transportation and refineries.
- France's data echoes a slowdown in neighbouring Germany, where emissions fell just 0.1 percent in 2025, according to the Agora Energiewende expert group. Major economies struggle to meet emission promises as global temperatures hover near record highs.
- Despite these challenges, France updated its pathway in December for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Citepa noted the reduction remains insufficient to meet established 2030 climate targets, though the downward trend in emissions continues.
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French emissions falling too slowly to meet country's climate targets
France cut its greenhouse gas emissions by just 1.5 percent in 2025 – far below what is needed to meet its climate goals, according to figures published on Wednesday by the national body responsible for tracking emissions.
Le Parisien
Connaissance des ÉnergiesThe decline in emissions in France is a marked decline from those observed in 2022 and 2023, where the rate was two to four times faster.
PARIS — French greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 1.5% in 2025 compared to 2024, according to Citepa's annual barometer published this Wednesday. France is far from its target trajectory: to meet its climate objectives and hope to contain global warming, emissions should decrease by 4% per year between 2024 and 2028. These new figures confirm that decarbonization is stalling. After a sharp decrease in greenhouse gases of 3.9% in 2022 and then…
leprogres.fr
France's climate roadmap projected a reduction in emissions of approximately 4% per year between 2024 and 2028 to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
It was limited to 1.5% last year, well below the targets. A trend observed in several rich countries. Transport and refineries are the bad students in the fight against emissions.
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