In the face of climate change, accelerating fair, systemic adaptation

International policies to combat global warming are gradually taking shape, but the current commitments made by governments will lead to a temperature rise of +4°C in France by the end of the century. This rise, already very noticeable in our country, will continue to increase as long as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain unchecked. Beyond incremental adaptation to these changes, we need to rethink our territorial, social and economic organisations in a fair, systemic way to ensure their resilience.

Mitigation policies to prevent future warming, and adaptation policies to reduce the impact of current warming will need to be pursued at the same time. Mitigation seeks to limit GHG emissions and climate change arising from human activities, while adaptation aims for adjustment to the resulting effects and the limitation of our exposure to ever more likely extreme events and new, permanent climatic conditions.