Helping cities and coastal regions adapt to climate change

Bringing together over 80 organizations - NGOs, foundations, research institutes, national and international institutions, etc. The Ocean and Climate Platform (POC) aims to promote scientific expertise and advocate ocean-climate issues to political decision-makers and the general public.

Launched in the run-up to COP21, it directly contributed to the inclusion of ocean issues in the preamble to the Paris Agreement at the end of 2015. After COP21, the founders of the POC decided to pursue their action within the platform. A space for exchange thus enables feedback on sustainable solutions, fed by medium-sized cities presenting a diversity of climatic, geographical, social, economic and political contexts.

A wide-ranging study highlighted the issue of resilience in coastal cities; Sea'ties examined the risks associated with climate disruption and analyzed responses and solutions. An advocacy document was produced at the end of the study to share policy recommendations addressed to local, national and international decision-makers. The recommendations it contains were presented at the One Planet - Polar Summit in late 2023.

Uniting 1 billion of the planet's inhabitants affected by rising sea levels.

On this occasion, the creation of an “Ocean Rise & resilience Coalition - Adapting Coastal Cities & Regions” was announced. Its aim is to bring together 1,000 representatives and 1 billion of the planet's inhabitants affected by rising sea levels. Chaired by the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, it will be officially launched on June 7, 2025, at the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3).

With the support of the Veolia Foundation, the POC is engaged in the prefiguration of this coalition, to define its missions, structure its governance, and perpetuate its financial model. The aim is to enhance the resilience of the world's coastal cities and regions, from the design of adaptation strategies to the implementation of tangible, multi-sectoral and fair responses.