This summer, some Southern European countries have faced unprecedented heatwaves and wildfires. Portugal is due to host the 13th ministerial session of the Council of Europe’s European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) on 26 October 2016 in Lisbon.
Designed to strengthen international co-operation with a view to preventing natural and technological disasters and responding to them more effectively, the conference will bring together ministers from the 25 States parties to the Agreement, as well as representatives of organisations working in the field of disaster risk reduction, in order to agree on priorities in this area and adopt an action plan for 2016-2020. (more...)
