With a climate that has already changed, taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is no longer enough. We now also need to prepare for the impacts of climate change, in other words, we need to adapt. Yet, as recent climatic events have shown, neither France nor Europe is ready. Adaptation policies remain relatively limited, and the associated resources, both financial and human, are few and far between. As a result, the great majority of investments made by the State, local authorities and businesses still do not take climate change into account. Although a number of players have taken the first steps, setting up a systemic ‘adaptation reflex’ is still difficult to put into practice.
I4CE is studying the practical challenges involved in adapting the economy and the territories in order to get them on the agenda of all public decision-makers, quantify their financial needs, understand the existing barriers and propose ways of overcoming them.
