Overview
- Citepa published a revised inventory on Tuesday showing emissions fell 3.0% in 2024 and 2.1% in 2025 and that a first estimate for Q1 2026 is down 5.2% versus Q1 2025.
- The larger-than-expected declines reflect newly added data and routine revisions, including a sharp drop in electricity-related emissions in La Réunion that was not in earlier estimates.
- Recent decreases were mainly driven by lower emissions from buildings, road transport, and manufacturing industry.
- Citepa warns the pace has slowed since the big falls in 2022 and 2023 and says France must cut emissions roughly 5–6% per year from 2026 to stay on the SNBC 3 trajectory.
- Campaigners point to earlier and stronger heatwaves as a call to speed action while the Ministry of Ecological Transition says meeting SNBC 3 could save €22–39 billion in fossil-fuel imports by 2030.