France's climate targets 'far from being achieved' warns new advisory body

Michael Holder
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Haut Conseil pour le Climat, France's independent climate advisory council, provides first ever assessment of country's decarbonisation progress

France's greenhouse gas reduction goals remain "far from being achieved", the country's climate advisory body has warned, with emissions having fallen by just over one per cent annually between 2015 and...

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