A climate conference: act without giving in to fear

One Friday evening, Rémi Goubault, research director at the CNRS and member of the city council, hosted a conference on global warming in Vierville. The meeting sought to calmly address a subject that was already sparking many debates.

Using photographs and excerpts from the IPCC's work, he presented the findings available at the time. He mentioned a rise in global temperature of 0.75 degrees since 1860 and a rise in sea level of 20 centimeters over the same period. He insisted above all on the acceleration observed over the previous twenty years, which he considered worrying and most likely related to human activities.

The speaker called for awareness of the urgency and to act without catastrophe. He mentioned population displacements and stressed that the poorest people were at risk of being hardest hit.

The municipality had organized this evening to bring residents together, promote exchanges and open debates during the winter. Other meetings were envisaged, based on the subjects of each one's favorite.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The surname is printed "Goubault" in this cut; this spelling is preserved, even if other documents on the site name Rémi Bougault. The climate figures are those presented at this conference.

Archive image: https://vierville.cordelle.eu/PhotosDocuments5/ConBougaut22janv10.jpg