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Environmental Incident Public Communications

Published on 4 April 2025
Report produced by the EU Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law following an event in Glasgow 30-31 October, 2019.
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Environmental Incident Public Communications

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Wells, Mark (main author); Benitez, Andrea; Crisan, Monica-Mihaela; McMahon, Ciara; Carreira, Paula; Alani, Roberta; Astorri, Francesco; Andreotti, Francesco; Sarni, Angela
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2019/19

An IMPEL project in 2018 set out to determine the effectiveness of current arrangements for incident and emergency management across EU environmental regulators, to identify common gaps and shortcomings, and identify and promote good practice to help close those performance gaps and mitigate shortcomings. One key area of weakness identified was the ability of regulators to deliver 24/7 public communications around incidents.
This project, which took the form of an event over two days, aimed to help participants learn from case studies and explore the potential to enhance arrangements for environmental incident public communications within their own organisations.
The participants identified more than 50 key findings resulting from their collective experience. These findings are set out in the project report and will be shared with IMPEL members. They also identified some further actions that IMPEL could take to help enhance performance in environmental incident public communications.

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Hazard types

Multi-hazard

DRM Phases

Response

Geographic focus

all Europe/EU

Sectors

Risk awareness & communication

Risk drivers

Environmental degradation