PA 5 - Environmental Risks

Priority Area (PA) ‘Environmental Risks’ has the main focus of the work is to address the challenges of water scarcity and droughts in line with the Danube River Basin Management Plan, and the ongoing work in the field of climate adaptation, contribute to the ICPDR Climate Change Adaption Strategy Update, and to support to the implementation of the Danube Flood Risk Management Plan.

The Priority Area formulates the following objectives:

·      To address the challenges of water scarcity and droughts in line with the Danube River Basin Management Plan – Update 2015, the report on the impacts of droughts in the Danube Basin in 2015 (due in 2016) and the ongoing work in the field of climate adaptation.

·      Provide and enhance continuous support to the implementation of the Danube Flood Risk Management Plan – adopted in 2015 in line with the EU Floods Directive – to achieve significant reductions of flood risk events by 2021, also taking into account potential impacts of climate change and adaption strategies.

·      To continuously update the existing database of accident hazard spots (AHS Inventory), contaminated sites and tailing management facilities.

·      To support the assessment of disaster risks in the Danube Region, encouraging actions to promote disaster resilience, preparedness and response activities in line with the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism.

The PA 5 is coordinated by Hungary and Romania.

Read more about the PA 5 on their website.

In addition to the indicator provided here the JRC Luisa page provides further information on urban flood risks. The Danube GIS gives further information on environmental risks.