the race to climate

In the winter of 2018, gigantic fires ravage the Eastern Plain of Corsica. In January 2024, it is the turn of the Barbaggio mountains to go up in smoke, leaving more than 180 hectares of desolation at the gates of Bastia. Faced with global warming, Corsica, the most wooded territory in France, is on the front line. How do local actors act to preserve the island? Between ancestral techniques and innovations, what solutions can be transposed elsewhere?

“La course au climat” investigates the fire threat and water management in Corsica.