Webinar – Adapting to climate risks

On 3 April 2025, Alix Roumagnac, Chairman of Predict Services, co-hosted a webinar with Yassine Saidoun and Morgane Schwab, Director of Zurich Resilience Solutions and climate risk consultant respectively, on how our organisations can adapt to climate risks.

1- From understanding the risks and exposures,
2- preparing preventive organisations,
3- detecting and monitoring risks
4- and disseminating information, all four pillars of an EW4ALL risk management and early warning system were addressed.

CYCL’EAU – MONTPELLIER OCCITANIE

The CYCL’EAU MONTPELLIER-OCCITANIE trade fair is a must for all those involved in water management in the Mediterranean region.

It was held in Montpellier on 20 March 2025. Guillaume Ferry took part in a round table discussion on ‘WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN CONTEXT: FACING RISKS AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE’. He presented the innovative hydrometeorological risk management solutions deployed by Predict to make regions more resilient to climatic events.

Speech by Guillaume Ferry

To find out more about the event, visit the CYCL’EAU website : https://lnkd.in/eTkTG8_a

La Tribune – ‘Emblematic thresholds have been crossed’.

On 25 February 2025, Alix Roumagnac, chairman of Predict Services, was interviewed by La Tribune to present the 2024 climate risk barometer created by Predict Services.

To read the article, click here.

Predict Services 2024 Barometer

At a time when the beginning of the year was marked by the first major storm in north-west France, Predict takes a look back at 2024 through its climate risk barometer.

The past year has been marked by major climatic events, the impacts of which have raised questions about the vulnerability of our territories.

A retrospective on France and the rest of the world

The Predict Services 2024 Barometer takes a look back at the major hydrometeorological risks in France and around the world, and highlights the challenges to be met in terms of anticipation and adaptation.

An expert look at a year marking new turning points in terms of climate risks

Predict Services provides day-to-day support to risk managers in France and abroad, analysing these phenomena and how they are changing, and drawing up an assessment of the climate risk phenomena that have affected territories.

Click here to consult the 2024 Barometer

Data Governance in Africa project : study visit to Europe

On Wednesday 11 December, a team from the Kenya Space Agency, together with representatives from universities, start-ups and local companies, visited Montpellier as part of a study visit to Europe organised by Aerospace Valley.

The visit is part of a European project led by Expertise France called ‘Data Governance in Africa’, which aims to develop data policies centred on people and development at different scales in several African countries.

Predict Services welcomed this delegation with the aim of sharing and discussing the innovative methods, tools and solutions that have been deployed by local authorities, businesses and citizens for over 20 years in the management of hydrometeorological risks.

These discussions provided food for thought on potential collaborations.

Exhibition for Mayors and Local Authorities

Thunderstorms, intense rainfall, flooding… the events that have impacted our regions in recent months have once again highlighted the need to adapt to climatic risks.

At local level, there are a number of preventive measures in place to help identify and take appropriate action. For over 10 years, Groupama-Predict has been providing day-to-day support to local authorities in drawing up their Plans Communaux de Sauvegarde (PCS) and their DICRIM, and in providing real-time information in the event of risk.

At the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales in Paris from November 19 to 21, Groupama-Predict engineers will be on hand to present the climate risk adaptation solutions included in your local authority insurance policy.

Groupama-Predict stand

Meet us at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center, Hall 2.2 – stand D62.

For more information about the show, click here.

Predict in Côte d’Ivoire : PARU and VIGICLIMM projects

Since the end of September 2024, Predict has been supporting the Côte d’Ivoire authorities as part of the VIGICLIMM project (Projet de modernisation du système de vigilance, d’alerte, et de services climatiques et météorologiques aux usagers) and the PARU (Projet d’Assainissement et de Résilience Urbaine) urban sanitation and resilience project.

As part of the VIGICLIMM project, financed by the AFD – Agence Française de Développement, Predict is working alongside Météo France International (MFI) to strengthen the capacity of the Société d’exploitation et de développement aéroportuaire, aéronautique et météorologique (SODEXAM Côte d’Ivoire), helping it to modernize its vigilance, warning and climate and weather services to users.

Predict is also working with the Côte d’Ivoire authorities, with its partner BRL Ingénierie as part of the PARU project financed by the World Bank, to improve the Early Warning and Forecasting System (SPAP) aimed at protecting populations against the risk of flooding.

Over a two-week period, Predict worked with the Ivorian authorities to carry out an audit prior to the modernization of the country’s early warning and alert system, and to draw up the first Community Safety Plans (Plans Communaux de Sauvegarde – PCS) in Côte d’Ivoire, in order to design the preventive action plans needed for effective, operational management of the flood risks affecting the autonomous district of Abidjan.

Session on drawing up a Communal Emergency Response Plan

Midi Libre – Alix Roumagnac, President of Predict Services, explains the situation

On October 17, 2024, Alix Roumagnac was a guest on Midi Libre to present the current Cevenol episode.

Click here to read the article.

France 3 Occitanie – A “very serious” Cevenol episode underway

On October 17, 2024, Alix Roumagnac spoke to France 3 Occitanie about the heavy flooding in the Gard and Lozère regions.

Read the full article here: France 3 Occitanie

TF1- Rain and flood watch : how the Gard is preparing for the Mediterranean episode

On 7 October, Alix Roumagnac was the guest on TF1‘s news programme to talk about Predict Services’ role in helping local authorities prepare for hydro-meteorological events.

To read the full article on TF1, click here.

Salon Horizon Climatique in Toulon

On Wednesday October 2, Predict took part in the “Salon Horizon Climatique”, a first-of-its-kind event organized by the Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée.

The one-day event gave visitors the opportunity to discuss the vulnerability of businesses to risk, and how warning and decision-support systems can help them to better prepare for these increasingly risky phenomena.

Understanding Risk Global Forum

On June 21, at the Understanding Risk Global Forum (UR24), a conference on risks organized by the World Bank, Predict, represented by Alix Roumagnac and Karine Moreau, led an interactive session dedicated to risk management, the use of satellite data and early warning systems.

Speech by Alix Roumagnac and Karine Moreau

Participants from Fiji Islands, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sierra Leone contributed to understanding the potential contribution of space to risk management and early warning in these countries.

Virtual presentation de Predict Services

The presentation of the Gobeyond project and the EW4MED platform caught everyone’s attention as a solution capable of aggregating the functions and data needed for early warning and action. Dates have been set for further discussions.