France struggles to fund farm climate adaptation as losses mount
- Farmers in France are expecting their first payments shortly under the government's billion-euro emergency aid package to support farmers affected by severe summer heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.
- As the effects of climate change worsen, experts say compensation alone will not be enough to protect French agriculture in the long term.
- Mathieu Courgeau, who runs a mid-sized dairy farm in Vendée, western France, says his thermometer recorded 45C this summer.
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- Farmers in France are expecting their first payments shortly under the government's billion-euro emergency aid package to support farmers affected by severe summer heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.
- As the effects of climate change worsen, experts say compensation alone will not be enough to protect French agriculture in the long term.
- Mathieu Courgeau, who runs a mid-sized dairy farm in Vendée, western France, says his thermometer recorded 45C this summer.
Sources: RFI