Following the passage of Hurricane Irma in September 2017 on the islands of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the Senate Delegation to Overseas had decided to conduct a study on major natural risks overseas for which Guillaume Arnell was designated coordinating rapporteur for the two components.
A first report, published in August 2018, focused on risk prevention and emergency management. The rapporteurs, Mathieu Darnaud and Victoire Jasmin then alerted them to the need to consolidate the prevention systems and to strengthen the means of vigilance and alert.
The second report, adopted Thursday morning by the delegation, is devoted to post-disaster reconstruction, support for populations and the resilience of territories.
Two years after Irma, the rapporteurs Abdallah Hassani and Jean-François Rapin noted that the reconstruction is far from complete, particularly in Saint-Martin, rebuilt in August 2019 at only 49% compared to 87% for Saint-Barthélemy, d ' after the data from the European Copernicus program. Serious reservations were expressed on the piloting which was carried out, considered sometimes counterproductive for the conduct of the reconstruction. The rapporteurs thus made recommendations to, in such circumstances, promote effective and sustainable reconstruction.
Focusing on all types of natural hazards and all of the overseas territories, the report provides an inventory of phenomena still in progress, such as the stranding of Sargassum algae in the Antilles and the nascent volcano in Mayotte. Faced with the climatic emergency which will have consequences on the evolution of risks, especially in the Pacific, the rapporteurs call for support for actions in favor of the resilience of territories and populations and propose as such the creation of a real green background.
At the end of this constructive approach supported on the territories, the two reports of the delegation resulted in a hundred recommendations intended for all the actors of risk management. It is now up to the government to commit to defining, in consultation with each of the territories, an ambitious policy and to provide it with the institutional and financial resources essential for its implementation. _AF
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