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The
PNAEE addresses the commitments made at Kyoto in 1997. It
gives concrete expression and brings a new dimension to the
national plan for tackling climatic change, presented by the
French Prime Minister in January 2000. The scale of the financial
and human resources made available and the nature of the measures
implemented mean that this programme marks a major change
in direction for each of the areas it covers:
- Providing information to households and small businesses
by setting up a local information network and launching an
extensive advertising campaign in order to explain key issues
in energy management and to advise on the “good habits” that
people should acquire;
- Developing combined road and rail transportation (with the
objective of doubling rail freight volumes over the next ten
years), as well as implementing mobility and transportation
plans for towns and businesses (developing public transport
and cleaner methods of transportation);
- Increasing the use of renewable energies (large-scale development
of wind-generated power, which should be increased by a factor
of 100 over ten years, promoting the use of solar energy for
hot water production, extending the use of communal and industrial
wood boilers as part of the wood-energy programme...)
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Using high-leverage financial procedures throug
partnerships
with banking institutions, thereby creating new methods of
funding for small-and medium-sized companies and industries.
Activities in the housing sector are also being intensified.
In particular, new regulations on heating significantly increase
energy-saving requirements (+20% in the residential sector
and +40% in the service sector). Each Government Minister
will also present a programme for reducing the energy consumption
of his or her administration.
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