LACCAVE: a ten-year research partnership to adapt viticulture to climate change

Illustration LACCAVE: a ten-year research partnership to adapt viticulture to climate change © INRAE LACCAVE, a ten-year research project on the adaptation of viticulture to climate change, is coming to an end. Initiated in 2012, the project involved some 100 researchers to study conditions in which the French wine industry can be adapted to climate change. It was financed and coordinated by INRAE, and carried out in partnership with the CNRS, several French universities, including Montpellier SupAgro and Bordeaux Sciences Agro agronomy schools, as well as the major professional organizations in the sector: the INAO, FranceAgrimer, the Chambers of Agriculture, the IFV, and interprofessional and appellation unions. LACCAVE was officially brought to a close in Montpellier with a scientific seminar (24-26 November) and a series of conferences and participatory workshops at the SITEVI agricultural trade fair (30 November-2 December). The findings of the researchers in attendance underline the fact that the impacts of climate change on vineyards are increasing. Nevertheless, solutions for adaptation are available if average temperature increases are contained to less than 2°C and if the joint mobilisation of the industry, public authorities and research continues. The effects of climate change on vineyards are escalating.