Our next Territorial Knowledge Meeting will take place at Aix-Marseille School of Journalism and Communication (EJCAM) on Thursday October 3 at 10:30 am.
Manifestations of ongoing climate change, heat waves are becoming increasingly intense, frequent, early and long. In France, average temperatures have risen by 1.7°C since 1900, according to Météo France. Rising temperatures have many consequences.
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is one of the regions in mainland France with the hottest summers. Over the next few decades, it will also be the region where average summer temperatures rise the most.
At the same time, the effects of climate change on plant biodiversity in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region have been accelerated by global warming and the increased aridity of ecosystems.
What are the effects of climate change in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region? How will summer temperatures evolve? What will be the impact on the regional population? and on plant biodiversity? In this context, what can be done to conserve and restore flora?
It is vital for the Southern Region and its partners to support this reflection at regional level, so as to better define the public policy issues at stake in response to the new needs of inhabitants and biodiversity.
This Territorial Knowledge Meeting meeting will be moderated by Alexandre Joux, full professor at Aix Marseille School of Journalism and Communication:
- Arne Saatkamp from Aix-Marseille University will present the work he has carried out in partnership with the Region on "The impacts of climate change on natural habitats and terrestrial biodiversity in the Southern region and its evolution prospects"
- Olivier Sanzeri from the Insee Regional Office will present the study "Tropical nights, hot days: the population increasingly exposed"
Our keynote speaker will be Joël Guiot, paleoclimatologist, committed to climate change issues and CNRS Emeritus Research Director at the Cerege laboratory of Aix-Marseille University. Joël Guiot has authored or contributed to more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles, and directed Labex OT-Med until 2020. He is co-president of GREC-SUD and co-founder of MedECC.
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