PRRAC : Prevent, Respond, Rebuild After Chido.
This research project aims to question the relevance and adequacy of the legal framework for natural risk management in France, based on the case of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte.
Humanitarian or social context and issues
Cyclone Chido highlights the challenge of managing natural risks from a legal perspective. Although rules exist in France, they cannot prevent devastating events such as the one that struck Mayotte in December 2024. However, the law can be a powerful lever for improving societies’ resilience to these risks, which unfortunately lead to disasters for both territories and populations.
The research aims to determine whether the current legal framework, both in its pre-disaster and post-disaster dimensions, allows natural risks to be properly understood and managed with a view to protecting territories, societies and populations.
On a practical level, the project aims to examine current natural hazard legislation in relation to the situation in Mayotte in order to identify areas for understanding and improvement, first for the public, but also for the authorities.
Field of research and methodology
This legal research will be based on the regulatory framework and will provide perspective/insight based on the practical implementation of this framework in the Mayotte context.
The scientific benefits of research for humanitarian and social actors
The aim is to better anticipate and manage natural risks in order to improve the resilience of societies. From a scientific perspective, this involves examining the current legal framework for risk management to determine whether it is still fully relevant in several of these areas (centralised nature, role of decentralised authorities, awareness-raising measures, post-event framework, which has been little studied).
Biography
Loïc Peyen is a lecturer in public law at Toulouse Capitole University. He defended his thesis entitled “Law and biopiracy. Contribution to the study of natural resource sharing” in 2017 in the Réunion Island. This cross-disciplinary subject allows him to address several areas, particularly that of risk. He also has a particular interest in overseas law.