Natacha Jacquin, Project Manager, OiEau (testimonial from the “Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management” dossier – 2024)
“Collective intelligence and participatory approaches have been at the heart of my projects for years, and it was in this spirit that I coordinated the design of the Explore2 MOOC. This free training course, open to all, is designed to help users responsible for planning the use of water resources in their area, including water managers, consultancy firms and non-climate specialists, to assimilate the results of Explore2. The MOOC was created in consultation with the users’ committee in order to provide content that met their training needs. The framework of the MOOC was developed with the project’s scientific community and validated by the user committee. Around twenty scientists provide the keys to understanding scientific choices, finding the information produced on the territories and knowing how to use it. The MOOC is made up of 15 modules divided into 3 sequences: know, understand, apply. Users will find numerous videos of scientists, a discussion forum and quizzes.”
Testimonial from our thematic dossier
Thematic dossier
The Explore2 project: hydrological projections to adapt water resource management
The Explore2 project, carried out between 2021 and 2024, aimed to describe the climate and water resources for the whole of the 21st century in mainland France, while ensuring that they are properly used. It produced a set of unprecedented projections in terms of the wealth of models applied and their spatial and temporal resolution, with no equivalent in Europe, thanks to a community of forty or so scientists from different organisations who were mobilised and united around the challenges of climate change. Around a hundred representatives of potential users of Explore2 results have also contributed to the project. Together, and under the guidance of INRAE and IOWater, they have devised useful information that can be mobilised by water managers in their territories. To provide a better understanding of the uncertainties associated with the projections, the scientists have proposed four climate narratives that illustrate the diversity of possible futures. Following the example of the IPCC, they have also drawn up a summary of the main conclusions at the level of mainland France for a set of descriptive variables in the water cycle, while specifying the degree of confidence in these results and the limits of knowledge. All the results of this project, which will have a major impact on water policy in France, are available online.
