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[LUM Magazine] - Published on April 2, 2026 in Science and Society

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the goal of keeping the global average temperature well below +2 degrees seems increasingly out of reach. And the consequences of global warming are taking an ever-heavier toll on the environment, public health, and society. The^23rd issue of Lum magazine features scientists who are measuring and anticipating these changes in an effort to limit their effects.  

What if the Earth were to tip over? That’s the question that opens this^23rd issue of Lum magazine, dedicated to global warming. Plants and animals are seeing their living conditions transformed. Entire ecosystems—such as the oceans and forests—are suffering. Fortunately, some species are adapting, such as chickadees, which have been studied for 50 years by researchers at the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology. Check out the photo gallery.

In this context, humans, too, are facing new public health challenges: a surge in arboviruses and the diseases they spread, health inequalities related to respiratory problems, vulnerability during heat waves, and so on. These are all challenges that epidemiologists and health researchers are addressing.

Climate change does not only affect natural ecosystems; its effects are also being felt in our socioeconomic systems. Can we still protect our cities from the growing risk of flooding? Will the wine industry be able to weather the coming crisis? Will African agriculture be able to ensure food security? And to prepare for the future, should we talk to children about climate change—and if so, how?

Ecologists, virologists, economists, epidemiologists, hydrologists, researchers in management science and education—all these key members of the scientific community at the University of Montpellier and its partners are working together to understand these upheavals, adapt to them more effectively, and, above all, mitigate their most severe effects so that, despite everything, we can hold onto the hope of a hospitable planet for all its inhabitants.

Check out these articles as you read this^23rd issue of Lum magazine in its augmented version, which gives you access to theUM podcasts: UM atUM ” and “Lumlu.”

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