French studies related to climate change adaptation

This publication, prepared in preparation for the Copenhagen UN Conference on Climate Change (2009), includes various national studies about adaptation to climate change. It illustrates the willingness of France to mobilize all actors in society, including scientific, institutions and civil society, in the debate about climate change mitigation and adaptation.

In France, adaptation is driven by the National Observatory on the Effects of Climate Warming (ONERC). Its annual report summary presenting results of the joint ministerial working group on "Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Associated Costs in France" in addition information on water resources, natural hazards and insurances, and agriculture, are included.