Climatologists warn of increasingly extreme summer heat without decarbonization

Paris – June 25, 2026: Françoise Vimeux, scientific research director at the Research Institute for Development (IRD), warned about the consequences of insufficient decarbonization. She stressed that without decisive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, future summers will become increasingly hotter. Vimeux said that current summers may seem like the coolest summers of our lives compared with future summers.

The climate scientist explained that temperatures in the French Alps are rising at twice the global average rate. She predicted that if temperatures rise by 1.5°C compared with pre-industrial levels, almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear by the end of the century.

Vimeux emphasized that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an urgent task in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, future summers could become even hotter.

The climate scientist explained that temperatures in the French Alps are rising at twice the global average rate. She predicted that if temperatures rise by 1.5°C compared with pre-industrial levels, almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear by the end of the century.

Vimeux emphasized that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an urgent task in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, future summers could become even hotter.

The climate scientist explained that temperatures in the French Alps are rising at twice the global average rate. She predicted that if temperatures rise by 1.5°C compared with pre-industrial levels, almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear by the end of the century.

Vimeux emphasized that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an urgent task in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, future summers could become even hotter.

The climate scientist explained that temperatures in the French Alps are rising at twice the global average rate. She predicted that if temperatures rise by 1.5°C compared with pre-industrial levels, almost all glaciers in the Alps could disappear by the end of the century.

Vimeux emphasized that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an urgent task in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, future summers could become even hotter.