For several years, the municipality has been carrying out many actions to meet the environmental and energy challenge such as:
- Greening up the city
- Developing agricultural and garden areas
- Decarbonizing public transport with electric and green hydrogen
- The “Mobility Decarbonization Charter” which commits all coach operators serving Cannes’ destination to green practices in order to continue the fight against global warming
- The major photovoltaic plan for the roofs of municipal buildings
- The installation of a thalassothermal thalassothermal network on la Croisette to recover heat energy from the sea and cover the thermal needs of buildings
- The use of raw water for washing roads and watering green spaces
- The major “zero plastic” plan for all zero plastic” plan for all users of Cannes’ public domain
- The posidonia protection plan
- The “Cruise Charter” since summer 2019, under which cruise lines commit to using fuel with 0,1% sulfur fuel and to avoid posidonia meadows when maneuvering and anchoring. 100% of cruise lines mooring in Cannes have signed up
- The creation of an underwater eco-museum in January 2021 to protect underwater flora and fauna.