Top scientists warn France will have to spend more to deal with climate change
A French brains trust has warned that the country is not spending enough money to deal with global rising temperatures just days after the government published its third national plan for adaptation to climate change (NCCP3).
The High Council for the Climate (HCC), a body comprising an array of leading economists, agronomists and scientists, says that there is a gap between the cash alloted to the transition and the real cost of implementing the changes.
“Funding for adaptation in the NCCP3 remains highly inadequate,” says the HCC report which was published on Thursday.
“The actions in NCCP3 that require immediate investment must be identified as quickly as possible,” it adds. “Part of the public funding earmarked for risk prevention and the ecological transition towards adaptation is provided for in the PNACC3 but much of the funding has yet to be defined, and the funding available at this stage is inadequate.”
The HCC report suggests the publication of a detailed multi-year financing plan following a 1.35 billion euro cut to a budget for the transition.
“Funding dedicated to adaptation by the agencies appear in the PNACC3 as budgetary support for a number of actions. The budget breakdown of these actions is not specified. The worsening impacts of climate change will require increased funding for adaptation.”
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