Agriculture, forestry and climate: the road to new adaptation strategies. The AFClim foresight study’s key findings

Farms and forests depend heavily on natural cycles and conditions, and are therefore particularly exposed to climate change. Adapting to evolving weather patterns is a key challenge for these two sectors. The Centre for Studies and Strategic Foresight (CEP for Centre d’Études et de Prospective) conducted a foresight study (AFClim) to analyze adaptation strategies and propose solutions enabling farmers and foresters to adapt to climate change. This report presents a few of the main results contained in the full report published in 2013 (Vert J., Schaller N., Villien C. (coord.), Agriculture Forêt Climat: vers des stratégies d’adaptation, Centre for Studies and Strategic Foresight, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, 2013).