Modeling carried out by researchers from the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), in partnership with Météo-France, predicts a powerful influence of worldwide warming on snow cowl in French mountain ranges. This change instantly considerations practically 10 million French folks, who stay in communities positioned within the mountains, and whose native financial system nonetheless relies upon primarily on earnings from snowboarding.
In this video, we went to a ski space which is residence to one of many oldest ski resorts in France: Le Revard, within the Bauges massif. Located in mid-mountains, this territory should now adapt to the shortage of snow. In the years to come back, based on forecasts that are consensus inside the scientific group, excessive mountain ranges will in flip must face the identical difficulties. In this video we clarify the challenges of the shortage of snow for the municipalities and the alternatives that native elected officers in these areas will face.
To discover out extra about snow projections in French resorts, one can find a protracted format on the topic under.
“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 grasp the problems that mayors should 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 eventually cyclone danger.
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