The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and the Minister Delegate for Overseas Affairs, Marie Guévenoux, announced, Wednesday January 21, the signing of development contracts worth nearly 80 million euros with the southern province of New Caledonia to fight against the effects of climate change which are increasingly impacting this Pacific archipelago.
This “green fund”, endowed with nearly 80 million euros and co-financed by the State, provides for several investments in favor of the environment, including developments intended for the Amédée islet, a major tourist destination in the archipelago. located off the coast of Nouméa, and affected by erosion.
Three Météo-France observation radars will also be renewed, which will make it possible to better combat the effects of climate change, according to the Minister of the Interior, through “objective findings”, as well as thanks to “the improving cyclone forecasts”.
Gérald Darmanin recalled that he wanted to make global warming “the main issue of work” with local communities, particularly in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, two territories first affected.
First “Caledonian Climate Change Forum”
“The partnership between the government and the State on the “green fund” will allow us to acquire new data,” Jérémie Katidjo Monnier, Caledonian Minister of Ecological Transition, told Agence France-Presse. New data which could, according to him, fuel the reflections of the first Caledonian Climate Change Forum, scheduled for the end of April.
This meeting bringing together all local authorities, the economic and associative world as well as the State will aim to “define concerted policies” and to discuss “all aspects linked to the mitigation and adaptation of the New Caledonia facing climate change,” explained Mr. Katidjo Monnier.
