Climatologist warns of hotter summers without decarbonisation

Paris – 25 June 2026: Françoise Vimeux, Director of Scientific Research at the Institute of Research for Development (IRD), warned about the consequences of insufficient decarbonisation. She stressed that without decisive measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, summers in the years ahead will become increasingly hotter. Vimeux explained that today’s summers could seem like the coolest of our lives compared with future ones.

The climatologist explained that the temperature increase in the French Alps is twice the global average. She predicted that, with a temperature increase of 1.5 °C compared with pre-industrial levels, by the end of the century almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear.

Vimeux stressed the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive measures, summers in the years ahead will become increasingly hotter.

The climatologist explained that the temperature increase in the French Alps is twice the global average. She predicted that, with a temperature increase of 1.5 °C compared with pre-industrial levels, by the end of the century almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear.

Vimeux stressed the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive measures, summers in the years ahead will become increasingly hotter.

The climatologist explained that the temperature increase in the French Alps is twice the global average. She predicted that, with a temperature increase of 1.5 °C compared with pre-industrial levels, by the end of the century almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear.

Vimeux stressed the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive measures, summers in the years ahead will become increasingly hotter.

The climatologist explained that the temperature increase in the French Alps is twice the global average. She predicted that, with a temperature increase of 1.5 °C compared with pre-industrial levels, by the end of the century almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear.

Vimeux stressed the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive measures, summers in the years ahead will become increasingly hotter.