Bridging Policy and Science for EU Disaster Preparedness
The EU funds research & innovation through Horizon Europe projects but also with multiple other instruments and channels. The needs of the EU, reflecting those of its Member States, for scientific output to address and support disaster risk reduction policy, prevention & preparedness capacity-building, and emergency operations are continuous. These gaps are reflected in policy or operational documentation, such as the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029 and the Union's Disaster Resilience Goals. Among others, we should look at all facets of crisis and disaster management, along community resilience building.
This session aims to create a dialogue between EU-wide policy-based scientific needs for Disaster Resilience and the scientific community of the EGU. It will inform the scientific community how to interpret the latest policy documentation in orienting their research and funnel their planning and output back to the EU's needs to have an impact and added value for society. The European Commission will be represented by the DG for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations as well as DG Joint Research Centre.
More concretely, the session will include:
- An interactive part to kickstart views on the interplay between the EU and disaster preparedness research.
- Insights from the fresh EU Preparedness Union Strategy and its take on research & innovation.
- Overview of how the EGU engages with policy and an introduction into the new Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force.
- Good practices from the Commission’s Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC): how science follows policy needs as well as meets and informs policy.
- Focus on the European Climate Risk Assessment’s (EUCRA) scientific methodology and how 100 scientific authors were gathered from across Europe to identify and analyse both the risks and the policies addressing those risks.
- Success stories from the EUMA project on integrating policy needs with the build-up of a European Master's Programme in Disaster Risk Management.
08:30–08:35
5-minute convener introduction
08:35–09:15
Warm-up and interactive part
09:15–09:45
Interplay between the EU and disaster preparedness research
09:45–10:15
Discussion
Speakers
- Chloe Hill, European Geosciences Union, Germany
- Andrea Toreti, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy
- Julie Berckmans, European Environment Agency, Denmark
- Annika Froewis, University of Vienna, Austria