Food accounts for 22% of the carbon footprint of the French population.
In 2015, an average daily food basket of a French person emitted around 4.5 kg of COâ‚‚.
ADEME has modeled several pathways as part of the Transition(s) 2050 scenarios. To support the necessary transformations, a set of public policy measures can be implemented to encourage — and, in some cases, mandate — change.
Frontier Economics, in collaboration with Greenflex, was commissioned by ADEME to identify and evaluate a range of measures to accelerate the decarbonisation of the sector. For example, adopting a more sustainable diet could reduce food basket these emissions by 19%.
Our report proposes 79 measures covering all areas of consumption and production, including the food sector, including:
- Supporting the 74,000 collective catering establishments to adopt a more ambitious sustainable food approach than the existing EGalim law targets.
- Creating a food social security system to assist all French citizens with in purchasing approved food products.
- Reserving part of the annual 987 million meal vouchers for the purchase of vegetarian food and dishes.
Our full report contains all 79 decarbonisation measures. Read it here.
Authors
Catherine has over a decade of experience advising clients on strategy, regulatory and policy issues across sectors, with a focus on energy and transport, in France and at EU level.
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Based at the Paris office, Mattania has worked on a wide range of projects, including regulatory and competition issues.
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Based in Frontier’s Paris office, Noémie primarily works across our Energy and Competition practices.
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Pia joined Frontier’s Paris office in 2019 and has been working across the energy, public policy and competition practice.
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