France falls short of its own emission targets - climate council


  • World
  • Wednesday, 26 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: Rush hour traffic fills the ring road in Paris, France, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - France is falling way short of its self-set climate targets as carbon emissions from transport and buildings are not dropping as planned and the government will have to triple its efforts to get back on track, the country's new climate council said.

In its first report, France's newly appointed independent climate advisory council, the Haut Conseil pour le Climat (HCC) said that in 2015-18, emissions fell by just 1.1 percent, just over half the 1.9 percent that was prescribed.

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