EU finances BRIDGE project to tackle major disasters
26 Aug 2011
The subject of the EU's BRIDGE project is transnational and interagency cooperation in the event of terror attacks, natural disasters and industrial accidents. The project is being led by SINTEF and was launched in April 2011.
Climate change and developments in society mean that we must be prepared for major disasters in Norway and elsewhere in the world. The recent terror attacks in Oslo and on the island of Utøya have shown that both individuals and society and a whole must be prepared for the unthinkable. Other recent events include the petroleum catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, the earthquakes and tsumani in Japan, and forest fires in Greece and Portugal.
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