Repeated droughts put French farmers under pressure
2023
28
18-23
climate change ; extreme temperatures ; agricultural sector ; bankruptcy ; mental health ; heat stress diseases ; trade union document
Environment
English
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"Agriculture is one of the sectors most vulnerable to global warming. In the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales, at the Spanish border, climate change has already arrived: more and more years pass without adequate rainfall, rivers and streams are drying up, and orchards are dying where they stand. This catastrophe is leaving hundreds of farmers penniless and adrift in its wake."
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