You have just presented a new and ambitious coastal strategy. What are its main pillars and priorities? Could you tell us more about it?
Coastal Strategy 76 is an integrated coastal zone management strategy that was co-developed over a three-year period.
Its development took place in three stages:
- Baseline assessment and shared diagnosis of hazards and challenges: this phase made it possible to mobilise stakeholders and establish a shared understanding of the situation.
- Definition of a 2100 vision for our coastline: the identification of four desired coastal evolution pathways, depending on territorial configurations.
- Action plan: the identification of short- and medium-term actions required to enter these pathways and contribute to achieving the 2100 vision.
More specifically, the strategy defines four visions for 2100:
(to be listed)
The action plan includes 25 actions in total, of which 10 are cross-cutting, applicable to the entire coastline, and 15 are local, targeting specific sites or territorial configurations.
Validated in June 2025, the focus must now shift to the implementation of these actions. Last October, SML76 established a monitoring committee for Coastal Strategy 76 to define priority actions. These are:
- Coordinating and monitoring the implementation of actions
- Establishing a long-term, coordinated strategy to raise awareness of coastal natural hazards and the impacts of climate change
- Developing a guide/toolkit to support the integration of strategic orientations into spatial planning documents
- Creating and facilitating a monitoring and evaluation observatory for shingle stocks and sediment transport
- Setting up and running a system for acquiring, capitalising and sharing knowledge in support of the strategy
It is also planned to draft and sign an engagement charter in 2026.
Would you like to share any additional elements or messages you consider important?
Coastal Strategy 76 is a co-constructed strategy, with multiple action leaders depending on the topics addressed and the competencies involved.
Today, SML76 is responsible for coordinating the implementation and monitoring of this strategy.
It is essential to maintain the momentum initiated with all territorial stakeholders and to engage rapidly in concrete, locally necessary actions.
Since its creation, SML76 has also carried out actions that are not explicitly listed among the 25 actions of the Coastal Strategy 76 action plan, but which nevertheless contribute to the operational pathways towards achieving the 2100 vision. These include, in particular:
the facilitation of a Partnership-Based Development Project in Criel-sur-Mer aimed at reconnecting land and sea;
the co-leadership of a resilient development scheme for a narrow valleuse;
the co-management of a study to improve knowledge of coastal flooding hazards in a port city;
the organisation of coastal walks and school-based activities to foster risk awareness and raise awareness of the impacts of climate change, etc.
SML76 operates in complementarity with local initiatives already underway, such as PAPI, PCAET, and others.
For further information, all related materials (reports, meeting minutes, newsletters, videos, etc.) are available on the website:
https://sml76.fr/la-strategie-littoral-76/