Blue Resilience, Cuba-France Coastal Marine Adaptation Project

A project to adapt to the consequences and effects of climate change on coastal marine ecosystems and people in two pilot Cuban sites is being presented in this capital on Friday under the auspices of Cuba and France.    

The Blue Resilience initiative seeks the conservation and sustainable use of two ecosystems, one in the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba’s westernmost Pinar del Rio province, and the second in the southeastern Playa Santa Lucia in Camaguey province, essential sites in the conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems.

France is organizing the 3rd United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC3) to be held in Nice in June 2025, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) on the marine environment with three priorities to produce an ambitious draft agreement.

In light of these goals and their application in this nation, French Ambassador to Cuba, Laurent Burin des Roziers, will speak at the opening of Blue Resilience on Regional Cooperation and UNOC3 Nice 2025.

Organizers state in a press release that this project, led by Cuba’s Science, Technology, and Environment Ministry (CITMA), will benefit populations in coastal areas and has as its financial partner the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), while the technical project will be in charge of Cuba’s National Center for Protected Areas (CNAP), the Center for Environmental Research and Services (ECOVIDA), and the Environmental Research Center in Camagüey province.