AUDE, WATER IN ALL ITS FORMS

The grim realities of climate change

An episode from the series EARTH ON EDGE

Synopsis

Today, thanks to the Canal du Midi, the Aude department benefits from an exceptional artery for tourists to discover typical villages.

But a major problem looms as the Aude lacks water. Here, people say: “it rains badly”. On the Mediterranean rim, barely 150 millimeters of water fall each year.

This is a tragedy, considering irrigating the vine plots that dot the region requires twice as much rainfall.