how do native elected officers take care of coastal erosion? | EUROtoday
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The remark is evident: the common degree of seas and oceans has already elevated by 20 centimeters in a century, in response to projections from the sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), printed in 2023. And this course of is just accelerating. In France, these local weather specialists even estimate the variety of properties threatened by submersion at 450,000 by 2100.
In this video, we traveled to Brittany, a area which incorporates 2,470 kilometers of shoreline, and a densely populated shoreline, subsequently notably susceptible. Here, as on the remainder of the French shore, native elected officers have chosen to guard their territory from rising water ranges, however we are going to see that others have chosen to adapt.
This is the case of Gwenal Hervouët, regional delegate of the Conservatoire du Littoral, who has led an bold venture in Beaussais-sur-mer (Côtes-d’Armor) since 2017: that of letting the ocean reclaim its rights over territories previously conquered from the water.
To go additional, and discover out extra concerning the areas most affected by coastal erosion in France, we refer you to this paper beneath.
“Lands and mayors”
Local elected officers are on the entrance line to face the concrete penalties of local weather change. To think about the way forward for our municipalities, it’s essential to know the problems that mayors must face. On the event of the 2026 municipal elections, we invite you to discover 4 main environmental points on the native scale: coastal erosion, lack of snow, artificialization of soils and at last cyclone danger.
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