US EditionFrance climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again
France's emissions fell 1.6% in 2025, slowing from prior years and remaining below the 4.6% annual reduction needed to meet 2030 climate targets, Citepa said.
- On January 13, 2026 a government-commissioned forecast found France's emissions cuts slowed for a second straight year in 2025, with Citepa estimating a 1.6% decline.
- Sector data show reductions were uneven across sectors, with improvements in industry, agriculture and transport but near-flat results in energy and waste treatment, after France's 2022–2024 annual reduction rates slowed from 6.8% to 1.8%.
- Citepa revised its year-end estimate from the earlier 0.8% 2025 forecast after fresh data, noting France's 37% reduction by 2023 before recent progress slowed.
- To meet 2030 goals France must cut emissions 6.8% each year, a pace the 2025 estimate of 1.6% falls short of, Anne Bringault of Climate Action Network France said.
- Within the EU context, the European Union must cut 4.6% each year to meet its 90% net emissions target by 2040, as France's recent slowdown echoes a regional trend, with Germany's emissions falling just 1.5% in 2025.
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Greenhouse gas emissions fell by only 1.6% last year, according to figures released by Citepa on Tuesday 13 January. Almost three times less than the pace needed to move towards carbon neutrality.
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France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again
France's cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain well off track to meeting its climate goals, according to provisional government-commissioned estimates published Tuesday.
France's emission cuts remain off track for climate goals
While still declining, the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in France slowed for the second consecutive year in 2025, according to data communicated on Tuesday. The estimated 1.6% reduction means that at its current pace, France is not on track to meet its longer-term target of carbon neutrality by 2050.
France's greenhouse gas emissions are declining in 2025. According to the forecast barometer of the Centre interprofessionnel technique d'études de la pollution atmospheric (Citepa), published on Tuesday 13 January in the morning, it would have emitted 5.8 million tonnes of CO2 less on its territory than in 2024. This represents a reduction of 1.6%. But there is no reason to rejoice, it is almost three times less than the pace needed to move tow…
Some 100 countries, including France, committed themselves to achieving carbon neutrality in 2050, i.e. not to emit more greenhouse gases than it can absorb. This is one of the keys to combating climate change, but the goal seems to be, for the time being, out of reach.
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