France
Focal Point
Mr. François Gave
Deputy director for environment and natural resources at the Directorate-General for Globalization, Development and Partnerships / Global Public Goods Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
27 rue de la Convention CS 91533
75732 PARIS CEDEX 15
National information to external website: http://www.conference-rio2012.gouv.fr/
(Ms) Eugénie PIERRE-JUSTIN
Permanent Mission of France to the U.N.
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
885 Second Av. (bet. 47 & 48th Sts), 44th floor - NEW YORK 10017
Cell 1 561 307 75 10 | prof. 1 212 702 49 33
eugenie.pierre-justin@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Deputy director for environment and natural resources at the Directorate-General for Globalization, Development and Partnerships / Global Public Goods Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
27 rue de la Convention CS 91533
75732 PARIS CEDEX 15
National information to external website: http://www.conference-rio2012.gouv.fr/
(Ms) Eugénie PIERRE-JUSTIN
Permanent Mission of France to the U.N.
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
885 Second Av. (bet. 47 & 48th Sts), 44th floor - NEW YORK 10017
Cell 1 561 307 75 10 | prof. 1 212 702 49 33
eugenie.pierre-justin@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Information
Side Events at Rio+20
Meetings
- Towards democratic environmental governance at global level (by: France)
31 Jan 2012 - 31 Jan 2012 , Paris, France - Environmental Governance and Civil Society (by: France)
30 Jan 2012 - 31 Jan 2012 , paris
Publications
Green economy Practices/Policies/Initiatives in France
- Grenelle Environment Roundtable
France initiated the ecological transition of its economy from 2007 through the adoption of the "Grenelle Environment Roundtable" commitments, deployed in 2010 in a new National strategy of sustainable development towards a green and equitable economy". - Grenelle II Law
Published on 12 July 2010, the Grenelle II Law presents concrete actions needed to reach the defined 2020 targets in six main sectors: buildings and urbanisation, transport, energy and climate, biodiversity, health and governance. - Reward-Penalty Scheme for Personal Cars
In 2007 France introduced the Reward-Penalty scheme for personal cars. The average CO2 emissions of new vehicles registered in France has decreased from 149 g CO2/km in late 2007 to 130 g CO2/km in the first half of 2010.
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