Explore 2070: How can a foresight exercise on the impacts of climate change at the national level be used to define adaptation strategies?

Abstract

The projected climate change for the mid-21st century may have important impacts on water availability in France. The Explore 2070 foresight study, coordinated by the Ministry of Ecology, showed the necessity to quantify and anticipate these changes, and to build adaptation strategies to limit their negative consequences on hydrosystems and human activities. This article analyzes to which extent these works contributed to the awareness of water managers and to the reflection on adaptation to climate change in France.