France, March 14 -- A French brains trust has warned that the country is not spending enough money to deal with global rising temperatures just days after the government published its third national plan for adaptation to climate change (NCCP3).

The High Council for the Climate (HCC), a body comprising an array of leading economists, agronomists and scientists, says that there is a gap between the cash alloted to the transition and the real cost of implementing the changes.

"Funding for adaptation in the NCCP3 remains highly inadequate," says the HCC report which was published on Thursday.

"The actions in NCCP3 that require immediate investment must be identified as quickly as possible," it adds. "Part of the public funding earmarked f...