UK's 2008 Climate Change Act's stocktake has shown the Climate Change Committee (CCC)'s pivotal role in the country's climate governance. In France however, the Comité d’experts pour la transition énergétique (CETE) has to articulate its action with that of numerous other governance bodies. As the French government is about to create a new committee dedicated to prospective and energy policies monitoring-its mandate could resemble that of the CCC-lessons can be drawn from the CCC's action and its capacity to preserve its pivotal role.
