Drone mapping of areas with special risk characteristics for floods is started immediately by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Government.
This was stated, among others, by the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Stylianidis during the 3rd Forum of the National Network for Climate Change – CLIMPACT, organized by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) on “Flood Management Climate Change Conditions “. In particular, he noted that in the framework of the “Aegis” program for the upgrading of Civil Protection, intelligent early warning systems for floods have already been provided.
At the same time, the Minister referred to the main goal of the newly established Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, which is the implementation of an integrated National Strategy, which aspires to be the “bridge” between adapting to the data created by the climate crisis and upgrading response capabilities. of the Civil Protection mechanism of our country.
In this effort, as Mr. Stylianidis underlined, the assistance of the scientific and academic community is necessary and crucial. In this context, the minister described the actions promoted by the ministry for the effective management of natural disasters with a focus on the triptych “Prevention-Preparation / Preparedness-Resilience”. Mr. Stylianidis also mentioned that the “Ark 2021” exercise was recently held in Alepochori, Attica, to deal with floods and for the organized movement of population, while he underlined that the ministry’s goal is to carry out similar exercises throughout the country, in cooperation with the Local Government.
The Minister emphasized the need to create synergies between the scientific community and the state mechanism, emphasizing that they create added value for the whole society. “The climate crisis is changing the data. “It brings us face to face with new challenges,” he noted. In the face of this new reality, “the specialized scientific staff of Greece, with its ideas, proposals and innovative approaches, can and must contribute decisively to the strengthening of the country’s response to floods, but also to any kind of natural disaster. ” concluded.
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