This last quarter, French emissions increased by 0.5% year-on-year. The fault, mainly, is the construction and transport sector.
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After a significant decline in 2023, the drop in greenhouse gas emissions in France shows signs of slowing down in 2024, with even a slight increase in the third quarter. This last quarter, French emissions increased by 0.5% over one year, after a drop of 5% and 2.2% during the first two quarters, announced on Friday November 27, Citepa, the mandated body to draw up France’s carbon footprint.
Over nine months, emissions remain down 2.4%. But for comparison, last year, over the same period of time, the decline was 6%. 2023 thus ended with a drop in emissions of 5.8% compared to 2022. The last year where emissions were increasing was 2021, with an increase of 6.4% due to the post-Covid recovery. .
Without going that far, 2024 should logically be a less good year in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
“The rolling 12-month trend currently is -3.1%”specifies Citepa, whose data remains provisional for the moment. And they do not include the absorption of CO2 by carbon sinks, such as forests and soils, which are highly degraded due to global warming and various pollution, but essential in achieving France’s climate objectives.
The slowdown in the decline in emissions over nine months also comes from the construction and transport sectors, whose emissions have started to rise again in recent months.