The sea level is rising, and the waves will not stop to spare the most beautiful beaches and towns on our coast.
Each year, the waves nibble a little more the French coasts.
Their progress has even accelerated lately.
By the end of the century, the increase should reach more than one meter according to the latest conclusions of the IPCC, if humanity continues to emit the same amount of greenhouse gases.
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Based on projections from the NGO Climate Central, we calculated, for each municipality affected, the exact share of the area that would be below sea level and ten-year floods in 2100. This allowed us to identify and to classify the 80 municipalities of metropolitan France most exposed to the risk of submersion.
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