Its interface Climate Crisis with the Civil Protection and strengthening European solidarity to tackle the effects of climate change have been at the heart of the intervention of the Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Stylianidisduring his work Informal Council of Ministers of the European Union for Home Affairsheld in the city Lil of France (February 3-4).
During the Council, the issue of linking climate change with Civil Protection was discussed, while the participating ministers stressed that the challenges of the climate crisis require the strengthening of the European Civil Protection Mechanism and the further strengthening of rescEU.
In particular, as stressed by Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection In his announcement, Mr. Stylianidis referred to the pioneering approach that our country has adopted to this issue, directly linking the adaptation to the climate crisis with Civil Protection, based on the triptych Prevention – Preparedness / Preparation – Resilience. He also stressed that strengthening European solidarity is the only way to respond effectively to the effects of climate change, as “no country can tackle them alone”.
He praised the Council of Ministers’ support for the current French Presidency’s proposals, emphasizing the strengthening of the European Mechanism, the active involvement of society and the liaison of the business community with the scientific community, to more effectively address the effects of climate change. .
In addition, the minister supported her proposal European Commission for enlargement of the European Civil Protection Mechanism with the participation of the countries of the Western Balkans, while he underlined that Greece will be from next summer, a node of the Mechanism for providing immediate assistance to the countries of the wider region, hosting additional aerial means of rescEU.
On the sidelines of the Council, Mr. Stylianidis held bilateral meetings and contacts with his counterparts and European officials. The Minister also met with the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, with whom he discussed at length the Greek initiative for the pilot program, according to which European firefighters will be hosted in our country during the next firefighting season. to provide assistance to their Greek colleagues and exchange of know-how in forest firefighting issues (pre-positioning pilot project).
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