Governance & Policy
France Climate and Resilience Law
Definition
The Climate and Resilience Law, Loi n° 2021-1104 of August 2021, incorporates into French law many proposals of the Citizens' Convention for Climate. Its measures include progressive bans on fossil-fuel heating in new buildings, obligations to renovate energy-inefficient rental housing, restrictions on short-haul flights where rail alternatives exist, a ban on fossil-fuel advertising, and strengthened anti-waste and repairability requirements.
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Measures and implementation
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Overview
What it means
It pushed French climate policy into everyday consumption and building stock, beyond targets and into product and service rules.
How it is used
Landlords face renovation obligations; airlines adjust domestic routes; advertisers screen campaigns against the fossil advertising ban.
Why it matters
It is a leading example of deliberative democracy feeding binding climate legislation, and of consumption-side climate law.