NATIONAL ENERGY AND CLIMATE PLAN ANALYSIS: FRANCE - Assessment of France’s NECP: Summary

1 European Commission, November 2023, France - Draft Updated NECP 2021-2030 1 N A T I O N A L E N E R G Y A N D C L I M A T E P L A N A N A L Y S I S : F R A N C E An overview of how France’s draft 2023 NECP performs against the six benchmarks explained in our main briefing note is given in Table 1. [...] 2 N A T I O N A L E N E R G Y A N D C L I M A T E P L A N A N A L Y S I S : F R A N C E Detailed assessment against the six benchmarks 1. [...] 7 5 According to the energy statistics from the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition, the gas consumption in 2019 was 481 TWh, or 49.2 bcm: Bilan énergétique de la France pour 2019 3 N A T I O N A L E N E R G Y A N D C L I M A T E P L A N A N A L Y S I S : F R A N C E . [...] et al., 2023, Study on energy subsidies and other government interventions in the European Union – Final report – 2023 edition, p.28 6 N A T I O N A L E N E R G Y A N D C L I M A T E P L A N A N A L Y S I S : F R A N C E . [...] 145 8 N A T I O N A L E N E R G Y A N D C L I M A T E P L A N A N A L Y S I S : F R A N C E fuels.23 It further states that the final version of the NECP will deliver a strategy for the development of jobs and skills, including sectoral a.