Responding to Disasters
Type: Chapter
Description: The chapter proposes “a thorough reconceptualization of disaster response efforts and their incorporation into the mainstream of NATO activities, as the relevant needs are expected to mount in the coming years.” and contains nine specific recommendations.
Author(s): Kostakos, Georgios and Lazard, Olivia
Published in: In Ronald A. Kingham and Olivia Lazard, Editors, Sustainable Peace & Security in a Changing Climate: Recommendations for NATO 2030: A Report for the NATO Secretary General from the North-Atlantic Civil-Society Working Group on Environmental Security, Brussels / The Hague, EDRC, April 2021 (pp 24-27)
Publisher(s): Environment & Development Resource Centre (EDRC)
Date: April 2021
Pages: 24-27
Publication Page: https://www.brusselsdialogue.net/bdcd-meetings/sustainable-peace-security-in-a-changing-climate-recommendations-for-nato-2030
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Related Action(s):
Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy (BDCD)
North-Atlantic Civil-Society Working-Group on Environment and Security (NCWES)
Related Event(s):
Sustainable Peace & Security in a Changing Climate: Recommendations for NATO 2030, 13th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy, Brussels, 1 June 2021
TOPICS/Subjects:
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- Adaptation
- DISASTERS / EMERGENCIES
- Capacity Building
- Disaster Training
- DISASTER EARLY WARNING
- DISASTER RESPONSE
- Best Practices / Lesson Learned
- Civil Military Cooperation
Photo: BILOXI, UNITED STATES - Sep 06, 2005: Airmen from Keesler AFB deliver bottled water to Hurricane Katrina victims. Photo from Wirestock Creators, Shutterstock