200 coastal resorts found the climate alliance: together against the sea level!

200 coastal resorts found the climate alliance: together against the sea level!

Nizza, Frankreich - Today, around 200 coastal towns have founded a climate alliance worldwide, which is under the patronage of the United Nations. The seat of the alliance is in Nice, France. This alliance aims to promote the exchange of experiences and develop solutions together in order to cope with the negative effects of climate change. In particular, the impending global warming is alarming, since by 2050 more than a billion people could live in regions that are less than ten meters above sea level, so Infranken .

The alliance plans to regular online conferences and annual summit meetings. The first summit will take place in Morocco in 2024. Mayors from various cities who want to exchange their experiences and strategies to protect the coasts are also represented. Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice and Chairman of the Alliance, has highlighted the urgent need to resort endangered population groups. Latoya Cantrell, Mayor of New Orleans, also emphasized the importance of cooperation and exchange between the membership cities.

planned measures and initiatives

The alliance will set up special working groups in which experts are supposed to analyze various problems of the affected coastal varieties and develop solutions. In addition, an increased exchange between these places and development banks is planned to acquire financial means for adaptation measures.

A central concern of the alliance is to act as a voice of the coastal cities in international climate negotiations. The geographically and politically various group includes, for example:

• New Orleans, USA: Progress in coastal protection according to Hurricane Katrina 2005.
• Venice, Italy: Technological solutions such as the Moses project against floods.
• Malé, Maldives: artificially raised islands and sustainable urban development.
• Miami, USA: billion dollar investments in pump systems and roads raised.
• Cape Town, South Africa: Commitment to the renaturation of dunes.
• Sydney, Australia: Promotion of floating districts and seagrass meadows.
• Barcelona, ​​Spain: "Green Corridore" along the coast.
• Jakarta, Indonesia: Construction of huge dike systems planned.
• Cancún, Mexico: Investments in coral reef recent production.
• Reykjavík, Iceland: Use of geothermal energy to protect coastal ecosystems.

In the run-up to the second summit of the UN Ocean Conference, which begins in Nice and gathered representatives of 130 states, an explanation for the protection of the oceans and a list of states is prepared, such as The press reports. These declared measures and the cooperation of the coastal towns are of essential importance in order to meet the challenges of climate change and also to ensure a safe living environment along the coasts.