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Depuis 1973, le WWF France agit au quotidien afin d’offrir aux générations futures une planète vivante. Avec ses bénévoles et le soutien de ses 191 000 donateurs, le WWF France mène des actions concrètes pour sauvegarder les milieux naturels et leurs espèces, assurer la promotion de modes de vie durables, former les décideurs, accompagner les entreprises dans la réduction de leur empreinte écologique, et éduquer les jeunes publics.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

4 Nov 2025 · Address Nature Credits event of WWF

Response to Revision of the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans

9 Oct 2025

The EUs car and van CO2 regulation is EU's cornerstone climate and industrial policy for the automotive sector. It has set a clear and credible trajectory for the automotive industry and the emobility value chain to make the necessary investments and plan the transition. While taking stock of progress is important, changing targets 10 years ahead of time on the premise that they are not feasible is simply defeatist and short-sighted. Instead, the Commission should keep the regulation as agreed in 2023, and focus on the key building blocks needed to achieve the targets, including a comprehensive industrial strategy. This is a pivotal moment for EU. The way we act now will determine if Europe secures industrial leadership in the global EV race and enters the electric age, or falls behind in the fossil age. 1. Maintain 2030-2035 targets The car CO targets have driven increased EV sales, investment, and innovation. EU carmakers increased BEV sales by 36% in the first half of 2025 compared to last year. European companies have committed hundreds of billions of euros in new investments. Delaying the 2035 target would stall momentum, erode investor confidence, and hand the advantage to global rivals. Maintaining the full integrity of both the 2030 and 2035 targets is crucial to safeguard investments and mass EV adoption. 2. Biofuels must be kept out of the regulation Fuels have no role in decarbonising road transport. Biofuels in particular have no path to scale in a sustainable way. Biofuels from food and feed crops are an environmental disaster, and the limited supply of truly sustainable biofuels should be prioritised for hard-to-abate sectors. In addition, all fuels are subject to fraud and vulnerable to cheap imports from China. Options like carbon correction factor (CCF) or fuel credit systems are not credible and should be rejected. 3. Reject a life-cycle analysis (LCA) approach LCA is not fit for regulating individual vehicles. It is too complex and would create a bureaucratic nightmare. The auto industry would need to track and trace all data across their value chains with a consistent and robust methodology, creating a significant administrative burden to monitor, certify and regulate. The use of LCA effectively opens a back door that allows fuels to be included in the regulation - which should be rejected for the reasons explained above. 4. PHEVs and other hybrids have no role post-2035 PHEVs can aid transition until 2035 but should not be allowed afterward. Real-world CO emissions of PHEVs are nearly five times higher than official figures - placing them on par with real world emissions of some conventional ICEs. Promoting outdated PHEV transition technologies is a distraction that risks derailing Europes EV transition. 5. Propose a banking and borrowing system with annual targets Regulation should move from five-year targets to a banking and borrowing (B&B) system. This would prevent stop-and-go momentum where carmakers hold back EV sales before new targets (as in 2022-2024) and ask for flexibility in compliance years due to poor preparation (as in 2025). The system should follow a linear trajectory like the HDV CO regulation, with strict caps on borrowing and banking. 6. Strengthen EU's industrial strategy for the automotive sector The car CO2 regulation has laid a solid foundation for a unified, competitive EV market. What is needed now is policy delivery to match ambition. This means a stronger industrial strategy that scales battery production, secures raw materials, offers smart incentives across Member States, and accelerates investment in grids and permitting reform. Weakening the regulatory framework would widen the competitiveness gap with China. Prolonging combustion technologys life would push the industry into a dead end, and abandoning the EU's 2035 zero-emission car target risks up to 1 million jobs. To build a future for EU'scar industry, the EU must stay the course and confirm the CO2targets
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Meeting with Petr Lapka (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

16 Jan 2025 · Presentation of their view on the French CAP strategic plan, with a focus on how the eco-scheme could be reviewed