“The gap between what should be done and the speed at which climate change is growing widens from year to year”

While 16 departments. For example, including the Paris basin, will be placed in a heat wave alert Tuesday, July 1, and 68 will remain on orange vigilance, Magali Reghezza-Zitt, geographer specializing in climate change and former member of the high advice for the climate, explains why France is poorly armed to deal with the effects of climate change, whether on cities, buildings, school rhythms or working conditions.

Is France quite prepared for heat waves? – "the gap between what should

The population. However, elected officials are increasingly “the gap between what should aware than even living in a rich country, we will not be spared by the climate crisis. Meanwhile, But we are not ready. However, The High Council for the Climate says it since 2020. The gap between what should be done. the speed at which climate change is growing widens from year to year. Additionally, The national adaptation plan for climate change is insufficient: there is neither a sufficiently robust nor enough means.

Rather than a prevention logic. we are in reactive and curative responses which are essential in emergency situations but which no longer make it possible to reduce the threat of warming, and even less to hope, in the long term, to survive in decent conditions. The large mourning during heat waves can only increase, with increasingly heavy consequences on physical and mental health. To reverse this trend, there is a big walk to cross. It “the gap between what should has been crossed to reduce the vulnerability of the elderly [après la canicule de 2003 qui avait fait 20 000 morts]but not yet for schools. for outdoor workers.

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