Transcript The policy against climate change in France

Interministerial Delegate for regional
development and competitiveness
OPEN DAYS 2008 – EUROPEAN WEEK OF REGIONS AND CITIES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: REGIONAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE
CHANGE
Workshop 08B30
Measuring the climatic impact of cohesion
policy operational programmes:
the French experience
Pascal Mignerey
DIACT – Sustainable development, transport and cities adviser
Presentation outline
 The policy against climate change in France
 The French carbon emissions evaluation tool
 How it works
 Results
 The benefits of the tool
The policy against climate change in
France
 In May 2007 a large ministry was created with responsibility for ecology,
energy, transport, sustainable development and regional development.
 In autumn 2007 a wide-ranging national consultation got underway on all
aspects of sustainable development bringing together State, local authority,
union, business and NGO representatives. Commitments made by the
President of the Republic, list of 273 measures, operational committees on
34 themes, bills currently being discussed.
 French quantitative objectives:
 2012: +25% non-road freight
 2020: -38% energy consumption by the existing built environment
 2050: -75% greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2050
(“Factor 4” included in the law)
European structural funding in France

European Regional Development Fund
national budgets (5 G€) were distributed in
regional amounts. Project planning and the
management of 100% of this European
funding is decentralised to 25 French
regions.

The Strategic National Reference
Framework provided by France before the
2007-2013 operational programmes were
planned states that “all State-region project
contracts and operational programmes
should aim to be carbon neutral. A
monitoring system will be put in place to
ensure this."

Taking into account renewal improving the
initial stock of infrastructure and additional
investment targeting carbon neutral status,
which should take into account future
economic and demographic growth, the
result actually represents an overall drop in
greenhouse gas emissions.
“Necater” : the French tool used to
evaluate the carbon emissions of OP
 Relatively simple tool which is nevertheless conclusive in
terms of carbon status.
 Roughly (€ -> CO2) and then more precisely evaluates the
greenhouse gas emissions impact of projects included in the
programmes that are co-funded by Europe or the State.
 Insufficiently precise to evaluate an individual project but
useful when assessing the overall carbon status (distribution of
imprecise data into pluses and minuses) of a project contract
or an operational programme.
 The results of the evaluation become more refined as the
project progresses.
The evaluation process in Nectar
1.
The operational programme is broken down into initiatives (70
initiatives listed and grouped into themes).
2.
The geographical area needs to be carefully defined.
3.
A financial scope is defined for each initiative.
4.
The calculation must cover a relevant time period.
5.
For the initial analysis, the funding for each initiative can be entered.
Pre-calculated ratios for each region transform it into CO2.
6.
When the projects are clarified, the values or parameters can replace
the funding amounts, in order to directly improve the evaluation of
the initiative’s carbon impact.
The evaluation process in Nectar
1.
The operational programme is broken down into initiatives (70
initiatives listed and grouped into themes).
2.
The geographical area needs to be carefully defined.
3.
A financial scope is defined for each initiative.
4.
The calculation must cover a relevant time period.
5.
For the initial analysis, the funding for each initiative can be entered.
Pre-calculated ratios for each region transform it into CO2.
6.
When the projects are clarified, the values or parameters can replace
the funding amounts, in order to directly improve the evaluation of
the initiative’s carbon impact.
Define a geographical area for flows
enabling additivity and comparability
The evaluation process in “Necater”
1.
The operational programme is broken down into initiatives (70
initiatives listed and grouped into themes).
2.
The geographical area needs to be carefully defined.
3.
A financial scope is defined for each initiative.
4.
The calculation must cover a relevant time period.
5.
For the initial analysis, the funding for each initiative can be entered.
Pre-calculated ratios for each region transform it into CO2.
6.
When the projects are clarified, the values or parameters can replace
the funding amounts, in order to directly improve the evaluation of
the initiative’s carbon impact.
The evaluation process in Nectar
1.
The operational programme is broken down into initiatives (70
initiatives listed and grouped into themes).
2.
The geographical area needs to be carefully stipulated.
3.
A financial scope is defined for each initiative.
4.
The calculation must cover a relevant time period.
5.
For the initial analysis, the funding for each initiative can be entered.
Pre-calculated ratios for each region transform it into CO2.
6.
When the projects are clarified, the values or parameters can replace
the funding amounts, in order to directly improve the evaluation of
the initiative’s carbon impact.
The calculation must cover a relevant time
period
 CO2 emissions must be calculated not only during the duration of the
operational programme (2007-2013) but also during the project realisation
period and throughout the operating period following realisation.
 Greenhouse gases are often emitted during the realisation phase, even if
the project in question is going to subsequently enable a reduction in CO2
emissions.
Programme duration
Realisation phase
Operating phase
Analysis of CO2 impact
The evaluation process in Nectar
1.
The operational programme is broken down into initiatives (70
initiatives listed and grouped into themes).
2.
The geographical area needs to be carefully defined.
3.
A financial scope is defined for each initiative.
4.
The calculation must cover a relevant time period.
5.
For the initial analysis, the funding for each initiative can be entered.
Pre-calculated ratios for each region transform it into CO2.
6.
When the projects are clarified, the values or parameters can replace
the funding amounts, in order to directly improve the evaluation of
the initiative’s carbon impact.
Adapting the evaluation
to the specific features of the region
Stage 1
Stage 2
Reference framework
- Added value
- Jobs
- Households
- Agricultural area, livestock
- Infrastructures
- Mobility per mode
- Energy balances
- Other factors
Area’s CO2 balance
Stage 3
Project
Amounts allocated to each theme
Ratios
per
region
Impact
- Jobs
- Reducing energy consumption
- Infrastructures
Project’s CO2 balance
First rough
evaluation
Second
refined
evaluation
Interministerial Delegate for regional
development and competitiveness
Results
Overall evaluation of the pluses
and minuses during projects
Combined CO2 flows and the general total
The benefits of “Necater”
 Relatively simple tool with an interface shared with the
funding allocation, project planning and realisation software,
with no need to input the data twice.
 Pedagogic aspect putting elements of major themes,
greenhouse gas emissions and project impact into perspective.
 Comparability between regions (a sensitive issue which will
provoke reactions and requires a clear methodology).
 Additivity enabling national syntheses and cross-checking with
overall State data.
Interministerial Delegate for regional
development and competitiveness
Thank you for listening!