The French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, wants his Government to present new measures to accelerate the implementation of the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change.
Lecornu yesterday tasked the Minister of Ecological Transition, Monique Barbut, with presenting new measures, stressing that in light of repeated forest fires and heat waves, France “must accelerate its preparation for harsher weather conditions”.
According to a mission letter consulted by the Agence France-Presse (AFP), Lecornu asked the minister, who recently announced her resignation amid disagreements over a controversial agricultural law, before agreeing to stay in her post, to present him with “concrete measures” by the “beginning of October”.
The objective is to “accelerate the implementation” of the third National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change, which includes around fifty measures aimed at adapting the country to a scenario of +4°C global warming by 2100.
The mission declaration includes several themes to explore, such as “building management” (adaptation practices and planning), agriculture, transportation, water management and education, with the specific aim of adapting the “school and university organization to the new climate rhythms”, including the review of the “schedule” of exams held during periods of extreme heat.
“All these measures must be operational quickly, within the government’s timeframe, by reallocating existing resources to these new actions, if necessary,” urged Sébastien Lecornu.
France has been affected by devastating wildfires in recent days.
With 92,000 hectares destroyed across the country since January, 2026 has already broken the record for area burned in France in more than 20 years of satellite measurements, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).
