Main European instrument for Development, Research and InnovationĮuropean branch of the international CORDEX initiative, sponsored by the World Climate Research Program (WRCP)Įuropean Cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research. The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon 2020, or FP8) World Climate Research Programme of the World Meteorological Organizationįrance-Italy transboundary cooperation programme (previous programme periods: 1989–1999 2000–2006 2007–2013)Īlpine space transnational cooperation programme, launched in 2000, concerns the seven countries of the Alps and covers both Rhône-Alpes and PACA Regionsįrance - Switzerland transboundary cooperation programmeĬovers the coastal and Mediterranean regions of nine member states of the European Union cra-2015-mountains-as-sentinels-of-change Table 1: Main international, European and national programmes on climate change and natural hazards concerning the French AlpsĬall for proposals on “Mountains as Sentinels of Change” of the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action Numerous research and regional cooperation projects have been dedicated to these topics in European, national and regional programmes (Tables 1 and 2). , 2013).Ģ In recent years, these rapid changes have drawn attention from and heightened the concerns of populations, scientists and land and natural hazard managers in the Alps. Along with observed and potential impacts on a variety of natural hazards combined, increased vulnerabilities in the context of global change occur (Beniston et al. Haut de pageġ Mountainous territories are particularly concerned by the ef fects of climate change. We illustrate this renewed synthesis by published examples of hydro-gravitational hazard activity chronicles, along with climate patterns identified as “predictors”. We give a brief overview of new results achieved by research, cooperation and capitalisation projects in these thematic fields during the programme period 2007-2013, which are available on databases, thematic knowledge platforms and observatories developed by different scientific and technical operators in the larger framework of the European Alpine arc. This paper provides a review of recent advances in knowledge on the perceived, measured and projected changes in i) climate patterns, ii) the cryosphere, hydrosystems and geomorphological dynamics on Alpine slopes, and iii) natural hazard evolution and induced risks at the scale of the French Alps.
To cope better with the hazards and vulnerabilities specific to these territories, the current national and European public policies in the Alpine countries now prescribe adapting natural hazard prevention to climate change. Under the effects of climate change, Alpine mountainous regions are undergoing fast and well-perceptible evolutions, which are attracting the growing attention of people, scientists and managers.
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