Climate researcher warns of hotter summers if carbon emissions are not reduced

Paris – 25 June 2026: Françoise Vimeux, Scientific Research Director at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), warned of the consequences of insufficient emissions reductions. She stressed that without decisive measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, summers in the coming years will become increasingly hotter. Vimeux said that current summers may be considered the coolest of our lives compared with the future.

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

Vimeux emphasized the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, summers in the coming years will become increasingly hotter.

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

Vimeux emphasized the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, summers in the coming years will become increasingly hotter.

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

Vimeux emphasized the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, summers in the coming years will become increasingly hotter.

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

Vimeux emphasized the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. She warned that without decisive action, summers in the coming years will become increasingly hotter.