Preventing the flooding of the Seine in the Paris - Ile de France region: Progress made and future challenges

This report assesses the implementation of the 14 Recommendations adopted by the High Level Risk Forum in 2013, in response to the need to increase resilience to flooding in the Paris metropolitan area. It is based on an in-depth analysis and extensive consultation with all key stakeholders, from government, local authorities, private sector and civil society.

Exploring the issues of risk governance, resilience and financing, the report acknowledges the significant progress made in the last four years. However, important challenges persist and only continued efforts will significantly reduce this major risk for France, as demonstrated by the floods that occurred in May-June 2016 and the large scale economic consequences.

The report suggests six recommendations to further consolidate these continued efforts.