Paris: France aims to end the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040 and become carbon neutral 10 years later, Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot said on Thursday at a presentation of measures to keep up momentum on the Paris climate agreement.

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to press ahead with implementing the pact to fight climate change after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the landmark deal reached in the French capital in 2015.

Electric cars currently make up less than 2 per cent of cars in France.

Mr Hulot presented an array of measures under six themes and 23 policy proposals, but most were short of specific details on how exactly the objectives would be achieved.

"One of the symbolic acts of the plan is that France, which previously had made the promise to divide its greenhouse gas emissions by four by 2050, has decided to become carbon neutral by 2050 following the US decision," Mr Hulot said.