A 150-member randomly selected convention that proposed measures to cut French greenhouse emissions by at least 40% by 2030. The government adopted many proposals in full or part, but not all, and no referendum followed.
Announced by President Macron in April 2019 after the Grand Débat and yellow-vest protests, and organised by the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), the convention met from October 2019 in seven sessions and delivered 149 proposals on 21 June 2020. The president had pledged to send them 'without filter' to a referendum, to parliament or to direct regulation, but announced three exceptions.
As of October 2026 the government tracker lists 100 of 149 proposals as fully or partly implemented, 46 in progress and 3 set aside. In February 2021 the convention's members criticised the response as falling short of their ambition.
The convention was dissolved after its last session in February 2021. Parliament passed the 2021 climate and resilience law, but no referendum took place and members criticised dilution of obligations into incentives.
The convention had 150 randomly selected members and a mandate to define measures to cut France's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 relative to 1990, in a spirit of social justice. After about nine months and seven sessions it delivered 48 objectives and 149 proposals on 21 June 2020.[1][2]
The president promised the proposals would go 'without filter' to a referendum, a parliamentary vote or direct regulation, but on 29 June 2020 excluded three: a 110 km/h motorway limit, a 4% tax on dividends and a change to the Constitution's preamble. No referendum was held.[1][2]
How far the government honoured the proposals is assessed differently: its tracker counts 100 of 149 as implemented in whole or part, while the convention members concluded in February 2021 that many were only partly taken up, often shifting from obligation to incentive.[1][2]