France unveils plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030

france24.com

39 points·isaacfrond··9 comments

France has so far cut its emissions by 25 percent compared with 1990 levels, requiring major fresh efforts if it is to hit the new 50-percent target.

That is actually pretty good progress, but I assume they are not counting the emissions built in to their imported goods...

The EU has just agreed to start taxing those emissions, with carbon border fees so in a very real sense they are counting them.

They should build some nuclear power stations. /s

The gov announced several 4th gen reactors, and they recently finished repairing a few of old ones

What would be fantastic is if France was able to sell more reactors to other countries who don't have access to the technology.

We're still waiting for the EDF reactor at Hinkley Point C to be finished ..

This but not ironically. So many people burn wood to heat homes in France

If you burn wood that is repeatedly grown every 20 years, isn't this renewable and carbon-neutral? It's literally what happens to natural forest fires, but you're harnessing the heat for a useful purpose.

It is renewable but not carbon neutral

Please explain why. If I grow a tree outside I’ve carbon-sunk the same amount as when I burn it 20 years later. The EPA agrees.

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