In January 2020, the French Academy of Sciences organized a two-day symposium entitled “Facing climate change, the field of possibilities”. Since then, the reality of global warming has been confirmed by a succession of warm years and more intense and/or more frequent extreme events. The scientific community attributes it - now unequivocally - to human activity, and for the first time all the countries meeting in Dubai as part of the Climate Convention have acknowledged that fossil fuels are largely to blame.

Are we at a turning point in terms of the urgent need to act, to rapidly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a warming that is now inescapable? The aim of the symposium organized by the Académie des Sciences on March 8 and 9, 2024, was to shed light on these issues, drawing on the most recent research, with the first day largely devoted to an overview of the situation on a global scale, and the second focusing more on France.

To consult the summaries of the presentations, click here.

For a video recording of the first day, click here.

To see the video recording of the second day, click here.