As warnings from the international scientific community (IPCC, IPBES) multiply, the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss intensify, and public policies implemented to address these challenges take on increasing importance, the Court of Accounts has published the first annual report by financial oversight bodies devoted to ecological transition. This report provides an overall assessment of public action, seeks to evaluate its coherence and effectiveness, and puts forward recommendations to speed up the implementation of the transition, in a context of strained public finances. This publication follows on from work already carried out by the financial oversight bodies, in particular the 2024 annual public report devoted to adaptation to climate change. It aims to become an annual reference document on these policies and their effects, providing decision-makers and the public with accessible information based on the findings of the oversight bodies. This first edition does not claim to cover all aspects of the ecological transition, but it does establish a number of findings that the Court intends to follow up and explore in greater depth in its future work.
