CLIMATE CHANGE-INDUCED FLOODS ARE PRIORITY FOR EU DISASTER PLANNING BUDGETS
January 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH emergency planners will be amongst local authority environmental specialists receiving special training and investment funding from the European Commission over the next two years. Brussels has announced Euro 4.07 million of grants, with "helping municipalities prepare for climate change and any resulting floods," being a key issue. The Commission wants emergency planners and expert disaster response specialists from different member states working together to tackle life-and-death tragedies. So it is spending Euro 2.6 million ...
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