NATURAL HAZARDS

CLIMATE TARGET SYSTEM

NATURAL HAZARDS

CLIMATE TARGET SYSTEM

The Alps are specifically prone to natural hazards with different scopes, including local events such as avalanches, rockfalls, torrential hazards and landslides as well as larger events like floods. A generally growing population and accumulation of human assets and settlements in hazard-prone areas as well as extreme events tend to increase natural hazard risk. As natural hazards do not stop at regional or national borders, an Alpine-wide common framework to deal with large-scale and potential cross-border impacts is required. Special consideration needs to be given to permafrost areas and potential risks related to permafrost instabilities as well as large-scale flood events with impacts on overall river basins – these natural hazards have the potential to lead to large-scale and cross-border impacts.

Targets:

An alpine-wide risk management plan (linked to disaster risk reduction planning processes), integrated with warning systems and ICT-based sectoral management systems, delivers up-to-date information on natural hazard risks to critical infrastructure and ensures the functionality of accessibility of the Alpine territory.

An alpine-wide and coordinated permafrost and erosion monitoring is in place which delivers information on short- and long-term effects of permafrost loss and resulting erosion.

Individual risk precaution measures are implemented by the Alpine population, including object and property-related measures, based on improved risk awareness and alpine-specific know-how and skills.

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