Overview

• EU Commissioner Jozef Síkela met Governor Mara Lezama and hotel leaders in Cancún to discuss pathways for funding sargassum conversion projects.
• His agenda includes a visit to the Mexican Navy’s research vessel Natans and meetings with federal, state and private-sector stakeholders.
• Quintana Roo presented Mexico’s first certified pilot biogas plant for sargassum, which state environmental authorities say has proven technical viability.
• Officials project that two plants of this type could process about 300 tonnes per day, enabling emissions reductions, potential carbon finance, green jobs and organic fertilizers.
• The state reported collecting more than 87,000 tonnes this year using vessels, smaller craft and coastal barriers, supported by a new satellite monitoring center that provides forecasts.