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Green Transition

The 2015 Paris conference on climate change (COP21) resulted in a universal agreement to seek to restrict average temperature increases to less than 2 °C, and to make every effort to limit increases to 1.5 °C. Beyond this major agreement, France remains committed to the green transition.

Moving towards a greener economy

#3 producer

of renewable energy in Europe

(SCIMAGO, 2019)

The world’s #3rd leading issuer

of green bonds

(ClimateBonds,2020)

#1 exporter

of electricity in the world

(UN Comtrade, 2019)

Building the foundations for the Green Transition

Green Transition

In July 2017, the government announced a €57 billion investment plan spanning 2018-2022, including €20 billion for the ecological transition. One of the plan’s main aims is to guide France towards carbon neutrality.

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Let’s be greener!

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), France is the second largest producer of renewable hydroelectricity after Norway. More generally, France is the world’s tenth producer of electricity, and second in Europe after Germany, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).