EU activities in disaster prevention and risk management Yordanka Mincheva European Commission DG Humanitarian aid and civil protection

New EU civil protection legislation (entering into force by end 2013) Response and Preparedness (shift from ad hoc coordination to a pre-planned, pre-arranged and predictable system): Better planning (reference scenarios, mapping of assets, contingency plans) Ensuring availability of key assets (voluntary pool) Emergency Response Center Training network, Lessons learnt programme Prevention (integrated into DRM cycle) National multi-hazard risk assessments by 2016 Enhanced Risk Management Planning Assessment of MS risk management capabilities Other activities (e.g. peer reviews, training, finances)

EU disaster prevention activities Risk assessments: EU overview based on national risk assessments by end-2013 Good practice guidelines Disaster data study and steps towards European standards Mainstreaming Peer reviews Prevention projects International cooperation

Promoting Risk Assessment Risk Assessment increasingly important in EU policy making (CP, cohesion funding, solidarity clause) 2010 Guidelines focus on process and methods and promote multi-hazard risk assessments National risk assessments being developed by MS EU overview of risks 2013 Link to research on emerging risks

List of hazards included in Member States risk assessments no. % 1 Floods 14 88 2 Severe weather 11 69 Pandemic 4 Wildfire/forest fire 8 50 Terror attacks Industrial accident Livestock epidemic CBRN 9 Nuclear accident 7 44 10 Earthquake 6 38 Loss of critical infrastructure Cyber attacks Transport accident landslide 5 31 15 civil unrest/polarisation 25 drought 17 volcano 3 19 marine pollution/oil spill environmental pollution induced seismic event   Tsunami Hazard no. % 1 Floods 14 88 2 Severe weather 11 69 Pandemic 4 Wildfire/forest fire 8 50 Terror attacks Industrial accident Livestock epidemic CBRN 9 Nuclear accident 7 44 10 Earthquake 6 38 Loss of critical infrastructure Cyber attacks Transport accident landslide 5 31 15 civil unrest/polarisation 25 drought 17 volcano 3 19 marine pollution/oil spill environmental pollution induced seismic event   Tsunami

Guidelines on good practice in disaster prevention Five themes: Governance Planning Disaster data Communication and education Research and technology transfer Based on >400 ex. of good practice from 37 countries http://climate- adapt.eea.europa.eu/viewaceitem?aceitem_id=7215 Practices both multi-hazard and hazard specific, covering i.a. earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, storms, heat waves, droughts, forest fires and industrial accidents

Improving the knowledge base Disaster Data key issues- information gaps, comparability, access Better link policy-research Inclusion of more events and impacts especially economic losses Improved and standardized definitions and terminology for economic losses and/or damage costs, affected people, etc. Making more data publicly accessible More comparable and harmonized methodologies and data models Work with insurance companies, JRC, EEA, international partners (ISDR Desinventar tool, EU-US cooperation) JRC report on data losses http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/111111111/29296

Mainstreaming prevention EU Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (April 2013) Cohesion funds (2014-2020) Horizon 2020 Increased use of disaster insurance policies Green Paper on insurance and disasters (April 2013) Integration of DRR in EU policies (i.e. Environmental Impact Assessment, nuclear safety, future EU water policy strategy, cross border health; green infrastructure; construction, critical infrastructure, off-shore safety)

Prevention projects DAMSAFE - standardized approach for small dams risk assessment and management http://www.damsafe.eu CBA Flood - Knowledge Platform for Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Flood Prevention Measures www.floodcba.eu SMART WATER - Simple Management of Risks Through a Web Accessible Tool for EU regions

International cooperation Post development agenda /SDGs/MDGs Post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA.2) International cooperation on DRM: Candidate, potential candidate and neighboring countries (IPA) Neighboring countries (PPRD-South and East) International partners (e.g. Japan, USA)

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