{"id":115223,"date":"2023-06-30T07:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T04:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/france-is-unprepared-for-the-serious-impacts-of-climate-change-report-warns\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T07:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T04:56:43","slug":"france-is-unprepared-for-the-serious-impacts-of-climate-change-report-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/france-is-unprepared-for-the-serious-impacts-of-climate-change-report-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"France is unprepared for the \u2018serious impacts\u2019 of climate change, report warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115223\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nWhile greenhouse gas emissions have declined, experts say efforts are still \u2018insufficient\u2019 to reach 2030 targets. France\u2019s action on greenhouse gas emissions is \u201cinsufficient\u201d and the country isn\u2019t \u201cready to face up\u201d to the consequences of climate change, the country\u2019s High Council for Climate (HCC) has warned. The 200-page report released on Wednesday (28 June) reveals that the country was overwhelmed by extreme climate-related events in 2022. These events required emergency measures on an \u201cexceptional scale\u201d &#8211; but extreme years of this kind are becoming increasingly common, it says.<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2019s authors say that while a framework for action on climate change is being developed, it hasn\u2019t so far included economic policy capable of triggering the acceleration needed to reach climate targets. \u201cThe decline in greenhouse gas emissions in France continues in 2022, but at a rate that remains insufficient to achieve the 2030 objectives,\u201d the HCC says.<\/p>\n<p>Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, a recent report by the World Meteorological Organization and the European Union&#8217;s Copernicus Climate Change Service warned. Temperatures in France last year were 2.9 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average. As well as seeing the hottest year on record, rainfall was also 25 per cent lower compared to the 1991-2020 average. This led to reduced hydroelectric power production, a drop in crop yields, effects on biodiversity and excess heat-related mortality.<\/p>\n<p>The exceptionally hot and dry conditions resulted in 2,816 excess deaths being recorded by the health system in 2022. Extreme weather also created tensions over drinking water supplies in 2,000 municipalities with 8,000 others requesting recognition of \u201cnatural disasters\u201d due to the drought. Major wildfires burned 72,000 hectares of land, forcing France\u2019s firefighting services to call in reinforcements from abroad. Carbon sinks risk being burnt, reducing their ability to counteract emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s extreme conditions had \u201cserious impacts\u201d on people, the economy, infrastructure and ecosystems, \u201cexceeding the current capacity for prevention and crisis management\u201d, the institute&#8217;s experts conclude. Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.7 per cent in 2022 but the HCC says this rate is \u201cinsufficient to achieve the (2030) targets\u201d. It also pointed out that mild winter conditions had contributed to the reduction.<\/p>\n<p>The HCC called on the French government to \u201crecognise the urgency\u201d of the situation, accelerate its \u201cinsufficient\u201d action to reduce greenhouse gasses, and update its \u201creactive\u201d climate adaptation plans. Despite positive steps forward with the EU\u2019s \u2018Fit for 55\u2019 package, experts say the current pace of change is not compatible with achieving 2030 targets in seven years\u2019 time. \u201cRapid and in-depth corrective action is needed to achieve the expected pace of change, the necessary structural changes,\u201d the HCC said.<\/p>\n<p>It is calling for \u201cfar-reaching economic policy\u201d that would see public and private funding of \u20ac30 billion a year between now and 2030 to decarbonise the economy. France must \u201cdouble the pace\u201d at which it is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Minister for Ecological Transition Christophe B\u00e9chu told France Info radio on Thursday. He said that the goal was to reduce emissions by 140 million tonnes by 2030. A detailed plan on how this will work will be presented to lawmakers on 5 July.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/06\/29\/france-unprepared-for-serious-impacts-of-climate-change-as-warming-hits-29c-report-warns\">Euronews<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/france-is-unprepared-for-the-serious-impacts-of-climate-change-report-warns\/\">France is unprepared for the \u2018serious impacts\u2019 of climate change, report warns<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1775,612,575,561,1874,7804],"class_list":["post-115223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-chain","tag-climate","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-france","tag-impact","tag-unprepared"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}