Editorial by David Lisnard

Mayor of Cannes - Chairman of the Agglomération Cannes Lérins
Chairman, Association des Maires de France

Acting to protect

Climate change and the erosion of biodiversity are daily reminders of the need to take action for the environment.

It's in this spirit that the International Festival of Ecological and Social Films, now in its 6th year in Cannes, places a fundamental issue at the heart of its reflections: biodiversity, its protection and restoration.

This major requirement is the subject of concrete municipal and inter-municipal actions: ecological anchorages, no-anchoring zones, an underwater museum where flora and fauna flourish, anti-waste nets, fish nurseries, robot cleaners in ports, an environmental charter and limits on jumbo jets and stopovers imposed on cruise ships, replanting of posidonia with NaturDive... And the list goes on!

Through common sense, innovation and scientific measures, Cannes defends with the environmental cause. Because only methodical, pragmatic action to meet the ecological challenges of our time.