France: GHG emissions from transportation 2021

In 2021, France's greenhouse gas emissions from fuel combustion in transportation were 124.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e). This was an increase of almost 13 percent from the previous year, with emissions rebounding sharply from the significant reductions caused by the outbreak of COVID-19. Despite this increase, French transportation emissions in 2021 were still well below pre-pandemic levels.

The European Union (EU) as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reports annually its greenhouse gas inventory for the year t-2 and within the area covered by its Member States. The inventory contains data on carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). The EU inventory is fully consistent with national greenhouse gas inventories compiled by the EU Member States.
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Annual greenhouse gas emissions from fuel combustion in the transportation sector in France from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

Characteristic	Amount of emissions in million tons of CO2 equivalent
2021	124.1
2020	110.1
2019	130.9
2018	131.5
2017	134.1
2016	134
2015	133.7
2014	132.2
2013	132.6
2012	132.9
2011	134.5
2010	133.6
2009	132.9
2008	133.5
2007	140
2006	141.4
2005	142.1
2004	144.4
2003	143.9
2002	144.5
2001	143.6
2000	140.8
1999	141.4
1998	139
1997	136.8
1996	134.2
1995	132.5
1994	130.5
1993	129.4
1992	129.4
1991	124.9
1990	122.3

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April 2023

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France

Survey time period

1990 to 2021

Supplementary notes

For this statistic, the values reported by the source have been rounded.

According to the source, the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are estimated and reported under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Decision 525/2013/EC. The so called Kyoto basket includes six gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). The impact of land use, land use changes and forestry (LULUCF) on the GHG inventories is excluded. International aviation is included. Emissions are weighted according to the global warming potential of each gas. To obtain emissions in CO2-equivalents using their global warming potential (GWP) the following weighting factors are used: CH4=25 and N2O=298, NF3=17200 and SF6=22800. HFCs and PFCs comprise a large number of different gases that have different GWPs.'
Data coverage corresponds to code CRF1A3 of IPCC 2006.'

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