Climate change is a reality that affects the entire society, and agriculture in particular. There are many levers that can be mobilised, including plant genetics. As part of a referral to the CTPS Scientific Committee on the evaluation of varieties in the context of climate change, the SC and the chairs and technical secretaries of the CTPS sections and inter-sections committees met on 20 March at GEVES in Beaucouzé for a day of discussions on how to take the climate change into account when registering varieties in the Official Catalogue.

This meeting provided and opportunity to share the results of the work commissioned by SEMAE on the vulnerability of seed production to climate change, and to take stock of the progress made by the sections in terms of taking climate change into account in their work.  An initial summary of the responses to the questionnaire prepared by the Scientific Committee was produced, focusing in particular on the difficulties caused by climate change disruption in the evaluation of varieties, and the complexities that need to be overcome in order to promote the consideration of adaptation to climate change in variety evaluation work for registration in the French Official Catalogue.