Les sécheresses en Wallonie, un nouveau défi du changement climatique ? Quelques pistes pour améliorer la gestion de ce phénomène. ; Droughts in Wallonia, a new challenge of climate change ? Some ways of improving the management of this meteorogical phenomenon.

peer reviewed ; In recent years, droughts - extreme climatic events due to abnormal rainfall deficits - have become a regular occurrence in our latitudes. With its slow dynamics, wide scope and numerous multidisciplinary impacts, this atypical phenomenon is likely to cause both a simple environmental disruption and a major socio-economic crisis. Moreover, it is now certain that the ongoing global warming will increase the frequency and intensity of droughts in Europe. Wallonia must therefore prepare for this new climate challenge in order to limit - in the short, medium and long term - its cos... Mehr ...