Carib-Coast: a caribbean network for the prevention of coastal risks

Carib-Coast: Caribbean Coastal Risk Prevention Network in relation to climate change

The Caribbean coastal risk prevention network Carib-Coast presented on October 13, 2022 in Guadeloupe the results of its work conducted since 2018. Perfectly in line with the environmental issues now facing the island territories of the Caribbean, the Interreg Carib-Coast program is a European project led by BRGM Guadeloupe. It has enabled the creation of a network of experts for the prevention of coastal risks and adaptation to climate change.

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The CaribCoast risk prevention network this week presented in Guadeloupe the results of its studies and analyses over the past four years in the presence of representatives from program partners Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. In line with the environmental issues now facing the Insular Caribbean, the European program Interreg CaribCoast is being conducted by the Guadeloupe BRGM and has assembled a network of experts in coastal risk prevention and climate change adaptation. The aim is to share and coordinate monitoring, risk prevention and climate adaptation. It addresses one of the Association of Caribbean States' main concerns: the preservation and defense of the Caribbean Sea, as its representative told us. The program includes the entire Insular Caribbean including Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint Martin and relies on partners such as the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System in Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago's Institute of Marine Affairs. Among the existing tools is a digital platform that models marine submersions and also serves as a database for storm-monitoring networks and those assisting preventive measures to fight coastal erosion. This cooperation was crucial to have both hurricane managers in Puerto Rico, our partners, as well as experts in currentology in the French West Indies. As you can see, the issues address the safety of property and people as well as the tourism economy linked to beach maintenance and the heritage of natural environments rich in biodiversity, a fine example of cooperation between Europe and the Caribbean. Charlotte Gressier, France Caraïbe Broadcast, Guadeloupe.

Carib-Coast: preserve one of the last natural saltworks in Guadeloupe

The CARIB-COAST project is a European multi-partner project led by BRGM. It enables the creation of a network of experts for the prevention of coastal risks and adaptation to climate change.

In February 2021, the teams conducted a new measurement campaign on the Grande Anse des Salines beach in Guadeloupe to study hydrodynamics as well as sediment and vegetation dynamics. The teams take a look back at this campaign, which is important both for the preservation of the coastline and for the economic and tourist aspects of the area.

Carib-Coast: current meters deployment off Guadeloupe and Martinique

Afin d'étudier les courants marins et d'aider les scientifiques à prévenir les risques côtiers dans les Antilles françaises, plusieurs dispositifs sont déployés en mer, à partir d'août 2020.

Carib-Coast: all the results of the project

In a context of recurrent cyclone crises and the rise in sea-level, the Carib-Coast project, led by BRGM, is an integral part of the Interreg programme for the Caribbean and has enabled the setting-up of a Caribbean network for the prevention and mitigation of coastal risk crises that arise with climate change. Discover the results of this project, organised around 3 main themes: currents and marine submersions, coastal erosion, awareness-raising and decision support.