The French government has just officially unveiled the content of its €100 billion recovery plan, part of which is dedicated to the fight against climate change.

An international consortium of 14  expert organisations, including I4CE, has launched the “Energy Policy Tracker” website to track Covid-19 recovery packages from a climate and energy perspective. Initial results show that until now, G20 countries have granted much more aid to fossil fuels than to clean energies. What about France? Louise Kessler, Director of I4CE’s Economics Programme, looks back at the government policies already adopted in France as well as those that are still at the announcement stage.

Decisions taken in response to the COVID-19 crisis today will lock in the world’s development patterns for decades. With policy decisions made on a daily basis, information about how public money is being spent can be hard to follow. That is why a consortium of 14 expert organizations came together to track energy-specific responses by G20 governments.