French overview of greenhousegases
GHG emissions in France in 2020 and 2021
In Mt CO2 eq
|
Source |
Years |
CO2 |
CH4 |
N2O |
Fluorinated gases |
Total |
|
Energy use |
1990 |
351.4 |
12.4 |
3.4 |
0.0 |
367.3 |
|
2020 |
259.2 |
2.1 |
3.4 |
0.0 |
264.7 |
|
|
Industrial processes |
1990 |
42.9 |
0.2 |
23.8 |
11.8 |
78.7 |
|
2020 |
26.8 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
12.6 |
40.2 |
|
|
Agriculture |
1990 |
1.9 |
42.2 |
36.7 |
0.0 |
80.8 |
|
2020 |
1.9 |
37.0 |
31.5 |
0.0 |
70.4 |
|
|
Waste |
1990 |
2.2 |
14.3 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
17.3 |
|
2020 |
1.6 |
15.5 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
17.7 |
|
|
Total excluding LULUCF |
1990 |
398.4 |
69.2 |
64.7 |
11.8 |
544.1 |
|
2020 |
289.4 |
54.6 |
36.3 |
12.6 |
393.0 |
|
|
2021 |
315.4 |
54.6 |
36.6 |
11.6 |
418.2 |
|
|
LULUCF |
1990 |
-28.1 |
0.9 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
-24.0 |
|
2020 |
-18.0 |
1.1 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
-14.0 |
|
|
Total |
1990 |
370.3 |
70.1 |
68.0 |
11.8 |
520.1 |
|
2020 |
271.4 |
55.7 |
39.1 |
12.6 |
379.0 |
|
|
2021 |
297.6 |
55.8 |
39.4 |
11.6 |
404.4 |
Note: the 2021 data are a preliminary estimate.
Scope: unless otherwise stated, throughout this document, emissions in "France" correspond to the scope of the Kyoto Protocol: mainland France and overseas territories included in the EU (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Reunion, Martinique, Mayotte and Saint-Martin).
Source: Citepa, 2022
In 2020, GHG emissions on the French territory, excluding LULUCF, represented 393 Mt CO2 eq, of which 73.6% are CO2 and 13.9% are methane ( CH4 ). They were down by 9.6% compared to 2019 and have decreased by 27.8% compared to 1990.
As in the European Union as a whole, energy use is the main source of GHG emissions in France: it represented 265 Mt CO2 in 2020, or 67.4% of the national total, followed by agriculture (17.9%), whose share is higher than in the rest of the EU, and industrial processes (10.2%) .
In 2021, according to a preliminary estimate, GHG emissions would rebound by 6.4% and be 23.2% lower than in 1990.
Breakdown by source of GHG emissions in France between 1990 and 2020
Source: EEA, 2022
France differs from the rest of the EU due to the low share of emissions from the energy industry (10.3% of the national total excluding LULUCF in 2020), because of the important weight of nuclear power in electricity production. Transport was thus the first emitting sector in 2020, with 109 Mt CO2 eq, i.e. 27.9 % of the total.
In 2020, total emissions, excluding LULUCF, decreased by 9.6%. The decrease is particularly important in the transport sector (-16.9%), the industrial processes sector (-13.7%) and the energy industry sector (-11.0%), which were strongly affected by the slowdown of activity and the limitation of travel.
In the longer term, the decrease of emissions related to energy use is most marked in the energy industry (- 47.9% compared to 1990) and in industrial processes (- 49.0%) . Emissions from transport use, which have been increasing until now compared to 1990, have exceptionally decreased in 2020 (-10% compared to 1990), in the context of the health crisis (see part 4).
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