Nice & Monaco – June 2025 – In the lead-up to the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), AIVP, the worldwide network of port cities, played a central role in three high-level events aimed at accelerating innovation, resilience, and climate action for coastal and maritime communities.
On Friday, AIVP joined the initiative “Financing Maritime Innovation and Infrastructure for Climate and Ocean” led by its member BLUMORPHO. This day brought together ports, investors, and innovative companies to explore concrete financing solutions addressing the climate challenges facing port cities. The ports of Riga, San Diego, Bordeaux, and Kribi notably shared their expectations and needs with international finance professionals.
On Saturday, during the launch of the Ocean Rise & Coastal Resilience for Regions and Cities Coalition, Bruno DELSALLE led discussions on the specific challenges facing port cities. Our association emphasized the importance of multi-level governance to strengthen adaptation and mitigation policies. This coalition, established under the auspices of the United Nations, will ultimately enable coastal cities to increase knowledge exchange and access additional funding to adapt to climate change. AIVP will ensure that port cities receive special support within this framework.
On Sunday, during the closing session of the Blue Economic Finance Forum, the President of the AIVP, Edouard PHILIPPE, reminded the audience that citizens of port cities have legitimate aspirations. Therefore, organizing decarbonization and the energy transition requires involving local authorities to identify solutions tailored to the local context, whether to support investments or ensure the social acceptability of port activities, which remains a highly sensitive issue.
As UNOC3 progresses throughout the week, AIVP remains actively involved in discussions and side events, contributing its port-city expertise to the global mission of ocean protection.
