Press Release: Strengthening Europe’s preparedness against natural and man-made disasters

The European Commission on 16 April 2013 presented a package consisting of two parts:

- The EU strategy on adaptation to climate change sets out a framework and mechanisms for taking the EU's preparedness for current and future climate impacts to a new level;

- and, in a related measure, the Commission also adopted a Green Paper on insurance in the context of natural and man-made disasters. This public consultation launches a wide debate on the adequacy and availability of existing insurance options.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/335: EU strategy on adaptation to climate change Media resource sheet http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-335_en.htm

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/334: Questions and Answers: EU strategy on adaptation to climate change http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-334_en.htm

ESO: Background Information: The Internal Security Dimension and Perspectives http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-the-internal-security-dimension-and-perspectives/

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