Action !

If key insights from the various barometers funded by ADEME are any indication, the environment is now one of the main concerns of French people. In 2019, the topic was even the leading preoccupation, alongside employment.

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This extremely positive news highlights, nevertheless, how long it takes to raise awareness: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been warning people about the issue since 1988.

35 years of baby steps, debates, and considerations which should not peter out of course, given the severity of the issue at stake, but which, at the same time, should be interspersed by evidence that we are on the way to making a transition through concrete ACTION.

In the mountains we have taken many concrete steps, there are countless examples if you take the time to look for them, understand them and bring them to light.

Agents for change in the mountains include elected representatives, associations – and local residents who take action through them – industrialists, small and very small business owners, inventors, clusters, large and small ski areas, (either downhill or Nordic), fundamental researchers and a significant number of Mountain Planet exhibitors. In short, everyone is now mindful of the concept of urgent transition in the short, mid and long term.

Irrespective of the sector, no strategy can overlook the situation, and you’d be lacking objectivity if you didn’t see that players are doing their utmost to share water, phase out fossil fuels, implement greener mobility solutions, redesign energy facilities, develop reservation systems for multimodal transportation and use weather data for better local management – they are taking ACTION.

The aim of INNOVATION BOOK n° 3 is to move towards concrete action, and to showcase what is already being done. There’s no longer any need for persuasion, it is time to ACT!

Jérôme Riff

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INTRODUCTION – ANALYSE

• The effects of climate change on mountain resorts

• As social media continues to fan the flames of debate over the effects of climate change in the mountains, Innovation Book strives to platform the perspectives of actual experts who have published many studies and analyses shining a light on the situation for some time.

• In the spotlight: The ADEME presents its Tourism Strategy

22 INTERVIEWS

• Laurent Wauquiez, president of the AURA regional council: Three questions about the results of the regional support fund.

• Dominique Thillaud, director of the Compagnie des Alpes: “The challenge is finding a balance between environmental priorities and the social consequences of this transition.” www.mountain-planet.com

• Charlotte Rotureau, climate change consultant: How can we adapt events to the green transition?