French CO2 emissions fall in 2008

PARIS (AFP) – France’s carbon emissions fell by 0.6 percent in 2008 over 2007, placing it on track to meeting its pledges under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol and for deeper cuts by 2020, the ecology ministry said Tuesday.

Emissions of greenhouse gases were 527 million tons of CO2 equivalent, a measure by which heat-trapping gases are standardized in terms of carbon dioxide.

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Posted on February 8, 2010 · in Europe

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