‘Chronically submerged’: Europe’s overseas territories are battling sea level rise

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A recent study by French climate change group Réseau Action Climat found that overseas territories are the regions of France that are most exposed to the impacts of climate change. 

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This is also the fate of Pointe-à-Pitre, which is home to more than a quarter of the Guadeloupean population, as well as the Jarry area, the third largest business park in France. 

The coastal risks here could cost €100 million per year by 2050, while nearly 50 per cent of the inhabitants live below the poverty line. According to the most pessimistic projections, these areas could be submerged for 180 days per year by 2060.

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Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has now been given the go-ahead to take the Dutch government to court over failure to protect a former colony in the Caribbean from sea level rise.

In January, eight citizens of Bonaire collaborated with Greenpeace to sue the Dutch government for lack of action to safeguard them against climate change.

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