Coastal erosion is eating away at 20% of French coasts. It is amplified by rising sea levels and the increase in extreme weather events due to global warming.
“Over the last fifty years, the equivalent of 4,200 football fields have gone into the sea,” says Julia Jordan, deputy director of water and sea risk activities at Cerema. For its part, the Court of Auditors cites the case of the west coast in a recent report… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 86% left to discover.