The European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, called, on Thursday 9 September, for massive investment in climate-related disaster prevention and civil protection resources in the EU.
He was speaking in front of the MEPs of the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment during an exchange on the disasters - floods, major fires - that have occurred this summer and on the role and future needs of the future Civil Protection Mechanism.
“The IPCC report is alarming,...