Our weather is directly influenced by what happens in the Arctic,” says Heïdi Sevestre, glaciologist, guest during the International Day for the Prevention of Climate Risks, organized by Elicit Plant, a company specializing in combating water scarcity in crops. September 19 in Moulins-sur-Tardoire (Charente). "How can our agricultural ecosystem co-evolve in the face of the impacts of  climate change and especially the lack of water? »: this is the theme that brought together a group of international experts who traveled to Charente. "  Our daily lives are directly connected to glaciers ", begins Heïdi Sevestre, glaciologist and member of the "Explorers' Club". The scientist comes from Haute-Savoie and now lives in the Svalbard region, an archipelago halfway between the North Pole and Norway, where she studies glaciers. And now she dedicates her daily life to making "climate change science more accessible to everyone". Heïdi Sevestre puts it this way in her book "Climate Sentinel": "I tell you what I saw so that you can look with me in the face of what we are losing and what awaits us, what is already working. It is not about sowing fear, blaming, blaming or despairing. But convincing yourself to act. Because I have hope and conviction, we will save the glaciers and ourselves. » (SOPHIE GUYOMARD)