Ski resorts and climate change

Adapting ski resorts to climate change : the sharing of experience of « Métabief, Montagnes du Jura ». This event organized by the Doubs Department and Métabief ski resort will take place virtually on March 16th and 17th, 2021.

The meetings in Métabief raise the question of this dependence and how we can get out of it and invent a new model of mountain tourism. In order to reflect on this issue, the participants of these meetings are invited to visit the resorts, to understand the issues at stake and then extend the problem to the Alpine territory in association with all the mountain stakeholders.

Local and national French representatives will take part in these exchanges:

- Christiane Barret, Delegate of the French presidency of EUSALP

- Christine BOUQUIN, President of the Doubs Department

- Fabrice PANNEKOUCKE, Councillor for the mountain valleys of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and Vice-President of the Permanent Commission of the Alps Massif Committee

- Chantal EYMEOUD, Vice-President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region in charge of enterprises, crafts and mountain economy and Co-President of the Alps Massif Committee (in video)

- Marie-Guite DUFAY, President of the Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

- Sylvie VERMEILLET, Senator of the Jura and Co-President of the Jura Massif Committee

- Annie GENEVARD, Member of Parliament for Doubs and Vice-President of the National Assembly

- Joël GIRAUD, Secretary of State for Rural Affairs

- Jean-Baptiste LEMOYNE, Secretary of State for Tourism (by video)

 

These meetings also fall within the framework of the Etats généraux de la transition du tourisme en montagne which will be organised throughout the autumn 2021 in all the French mountain territories. 

 

Find bellow the working document that recounts the experience of Métabief in response to climate transition.

 

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Follow the Live on Youtube here

 

17.15 - 18.00: PRESS CONFERENCE - Frasne - salle polyvalente

Moderated by Christiane BARRET, General Delegate of the French Presidency of SUERA
1 minute speech by each speaker, followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers if possible

- Jean-Baptiste LEMOYNE, Secretary of State for Tourism (by video)
- Joël GIRAUD, Secretary of State for Rural Affairs
- Marie-Guite DUFAY, President of the Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Fabrice PANNEKOUCKE, Councillor for the mountain valleys of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and Vice-President of the Permanent Commission of the Alps Massif Committee
- Jean Luc BOCH, Mayor of La Plagne Tarentaise, President of the National Association of Mayors of Mountain Resorts (ANMSM) and of France Montagnes
- Fredi MEIGNAN, President of Mountain Wilderness
- Pierre TORRENTE, President of the association Transitions des Territoires de Montagne
- Kilian JORNET, sponsor of the General Assembly for the Transition of Tourism in the Mountains (in video)
- Marie DORIN HABERT, godmother of the General Assembly of the Transition of Tourism in Mountains (video message)
- Alexandre MAULIN, President of Domaines skiables de France
- Jean Marie SAILLARD, Vice-President of Nordic France
- Patrick GRAND'EURY, President of the Cluster Montagne (in video)
- Dorian LABEYE, President of the National Union of Mountain Guides SNGM (SNGM) - in visio
- Claire SCHMITTER, Vice-President of the National Union of Mountain Guides (SNAM)
- Nicolas RAYNAUD, President of the Federation of French Alpine and Mountain Clubs (FFCAM)
- Eric BRECHE, President of the National Union of French Ski Instructors (SNMSF)
 

Journalists attending the press conference must be accredited by the Prefecture and can access the press conference remotely via Zoom (link available upon accreditation by the Doubs Prefecture).