Associations are worried about a questioning of the energy renovation of housing

In a letter addressed to Emmanuel Macron on Friday, the signatories, including Nicolas Hulot, former Minister of the Environment, called for the maintenance of this obligation, which is one of the proposals of the Citizen's Convention for the Climate (CCC).

According to them, "to exclude, as proposed by certain ministries, the obligation of global renovation of the bill would empty this text of its social and climatic ambition".

The CCC, established in 2019, had declared itself in favor of a mandatory energy renovation by 2040.

"The need to go twice as fast on energy renovation (...) is widely documented, in particular by the High Council for the Climate (HCC) ", recalls the letter.

On Tuesday, the HCC said that France was lagging behind in decarbonising buildings and therefore in achieving its goal of carbon neutrality in 2050.

The signatories recall that "28% of our greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings" and that "on average, the expenses for heating are 50% higher than those caused by our trips".

Are singled out in particular "the energy strainers", that is to say particularly energy-consuming and often precarious housing.

"Mr. President, you made a commitment to eliminate the 5 million energy sieves by 2025. It is clear that the billions of the recovery plan will not be enough", underline the signatories.

They referred to the plan of 100 billion euros, of which 30 are allocated to the "green recovery".

"The challenge that awaits us is much greater: the entire housing stock must be renovated on average to BBC level (low-consumption building, note) by 2050", remind the associations.

The signatories, including Secours Catholique, the Abbé Pierre Foundation and even "France Nature Environnement", recall that "for at least 6,7 million people, re-containment is synonymous with cold and deprivation".