The government’s central objective for the trio Elisabeth Borne, Agnès Pannier-Runacher (for Energy) and Amélie de Montchalin (for Ecological Transition in the territories) is to halve greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse by 2030 and aim for carbon neutrality by 2050. For this, radical measures must be taken within three years, this is what climate experts recently reminded us. Otherwise, it is impossible to limit the rise in temperature to 1.5°C. And 1.5°C is not an empty number. This is the limit point from which the effects of global warming become truly harmful for populations and the entire planet.
This therefore requires us to act very quickly on all our ways of life: transport, energy, housing, food and agriculture. Precisely, if we do a retroplanning starting from 2030, the government’s agenda must be that of someone who renovates his house, explains Benoît Leguet, the director of the Institute of Economics for the Climate. Because basically, the climate transition is like a huge urgent renovation project. However, in everyday life, what happens in this case? There is necessarily a works supervisor, and missions for each trade, because electricity is as important as plumbing or masonry.
Ecological planning is somewhat the same: all sectors must be transformed, from energy, agriculture, transport and construction. Hence the need to have an overall plan and objectives for each sector. The first challenge for Elisabeth Borne and her two ministers will be to set these objectives which will appear in the new climate energy programming law which must be voted on before July 1, 2023.
Once we have the site plan, starting in the fall, the budget debate will be scrutinized closely. Emmanuel Macron has pledged to invest 10 billion more per year for the transition, he has also promised to allocate all energy tax revenues to the transition, which amounts to 45 billion euros per year . The planning of financial resources over the entire five-year period is eagerly awaited in order to have long-term visibility.