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France poorly prepared for worsening effects of climate change, report warns

A plant in a branch of the dried-up bed of the Loire river in Montjean-sur-Loire, western France, amid the drought of 2019. © REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

France is being badly hit by climate change, is not prepared for its effects and is failing to sufficiently reduce its emissions, an independent climate body has warned.

The record heat and exceptional drought seen last year have had "serious impacts in France" and are more than the current prevention and crisis management systems can cope with, the French High Council for the Climate (HCC) said in its annual report, released Wednesday evening.

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