Back in the 19th Century, it was nothing more than a wry quip: after all, what could anyone possibly do about the weather? But now in the 21st century, as increasingly unstable weather sweeps our planet, it's becoming clear that our activities have not only influenced the global climate that drives our weather, but that we must do something about it. The rest is for subscribers only.Mark Twain is generally credited with the sage observation that while everybody talks about the weather, nobody does anything about it. You have 75.59% of this article left to read. "Adaptation is becoming essential as we are failing to take measures to combat global warming." Personally, I was reluctant to talk about adaptation because I hoped that lowering CO 2 would be more effective," recalled Jean Jouzel, a paleoclimatologist who helped draw up France's first NAP. "At the start of my career, the emphasis was on mitigation. Too costly in the short term according to liberals, too counter-productive according to some on the left and climatologists who have long feared that this project would be an admission of failure and bury the ambition to reduce CO 2 emissions. This colossal challenge has often been the poor relation of climate policies. Stakeholder approval is essential when it comes to revising the system for adapting to rising temperatures. The National Council on the Ecological Transition, which includes NGOs, lawmakers and local authorities, has issued a unanimously favorable opinion on this reference trajectory. His declaration was an important act, coming from a minister who was considered to be lacking presence in public debate. In this scenario, France would experience an average temperature rise of around 4☌ (2.7☌-2.8☌ worldwide). But in particular, he highlighted the IPCC's "intermediate" scenario, SSP 2-4.5, "more realistic than pessimistic," in his words.
On May 23, when he launched a consultation to prepare the third National Adaptation Plan for climate change (NAP), the minister did not rule out the possibility of rising temperatures being limited to less than 1.5☌ globally (+2☌ in France) by the end of the century, if countries comply with the Paris agreements – an increasingly unattainable objective. And then he had to convince advisers to the president and prime minister to include this figure in the debate. Christophe Béchu, the environment minister, consulted scientists, in particular authors from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), asked for information from his departments, and carefully read his ministry's report on the adaptation policies in different countries, which was delivered in December 2022. After being confronted with this figure, the French government hesitated for several months. JEAN-CLAUDE COUTAUSSE FOR LE MONDEĪ rise in temperature of four degrees Celsius. Subscribers only Environment Minister Christophe Béchu and President Emmanuel Macron visit the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales, at Porte de Versailles, Paris, November 23, 2022. The necessary measures to adapt require a change in mindsets for most of the political spectrum.īy Matthieu Goar Published on June 27, 2023, at 5:00 am (Paris), updated on June 28, 2023, at 3:33 pm Adaptation to climate change, a challenge for politiciansįor the first time, the French environment minister admitted that a 4☌ rise in temperatures was a realistic scenario for mainland France.
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