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The NGO collective Réseau Action Climat published a new report on Thursday which describes, on the scale of each region of France, the different impacts of the global phenomenon, caused by greenhouse gas emissions linked to human activities.
“The agricultural sector is dry” in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, “glaciers in danger” in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, “Hauts-de-France is taking on water”… In a report published on Thursday, September 19, the Climate Action Network details the main consequences of global warming in the different regions of France, both in mainland France and overseas.
Heat waves, loss of biodiversity, record droughts, rising waters, forest fires, agricultural losses, coastal erosion, floods… The many natural phenomena, made more frequent and more intense by global warming, are listed and evaluated. “The impacts of this climate disruption are as diverse as the French landscapes, and are not expressed in the same way depending on the territories”underlines the Climate Action Network. “It is estimated that 70% of the economic activity in Hauts-de-France is weather-sensitive”reports for example the collective of NGOs, citing various sources such as Météo-France, the Court of Auditors or even regional observatories of the effects of climate change.
From this report, franceinfo has extracted the main quantified consequences of global warming and presented them in this map, territory by territory.
“Long associated with a concept distant in space and time, climate change is now showing its concrete effects throughout the world and in France”underlines the report, written in partnership with the Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe).
Faced with this observation, the Climate Action Network recalls “the urgent need to act quickly, as the consequences of so-called ‘pessimistic’ scenarios would be dramatic”. “These impacts, whether direct or by cascading effect, must now be taken into account in all public policies implemented by the State and local authorities”the report concludes.
Since the 19th century, the Earth’s average temperature warmed by 1.1°C. Scientists have established with certainty that this increase is due to human activities, consumers of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). This warming, unprecedented in its speed, threatens the future of our societies and biodiversity. But solutions – renewable energies, moderation, reduction of meat consumption – exist. Discover our answers to your questions on the climate crisis.