How the income of the French influences their carbon footprint

Eight tonnes of CO2 equivalent. This is what each French person emitted in 2022, according to the Interprofessional Technical Center for Atmospheric Pollution Studies (Citepa). It is its “carbon footprint”, which measures both the emissions of services and products manufactured in France, and of those which are imported. But behind this estimated average level there are in reality strong disparities, insists the official body responsible for calculate France’s carbon emissions, in a study to be published, which “Les Echos” obtained.

Overall, these are transport that contributes the most to the carbon footprint of the French (25%), followed by food (23%), housing and societal services (18% each), capital goods and leisure making up the remaining 16%.