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Risk 2.0 for Germany
Alliance of Four present the Green Book on Public Safety and Security
Risk 2.0 for Germany
Alliance of Four present the Green Book on Public Safety and Security
Since 9/11 the debate on Public Safety and Security is dominated by the danger through terrorism. On the other hand “less obvious, gradually developing risks and the chain-linking of crisis events” are rather ignored.
But a nation wide power cut, uninhabitable blocks of flats, the spreading of new diseases, the collapse of medical care with hundreds and thousands of dead, rivalry for vital resources among the Länder can lead to chaotic crisis situations even today. The consequences could be much harder than any terrorist attack.
The reason lies in the increasing and all-encompassing dependency on infrastructure such as the electricity supply, the spread of transnational underground economies and the increased likelihood of pandemics, promoted by climate change and high levels of mobility for goods and people.
The cross-party alliance of four Members of Parliament of the Deutsche Bundestag – all with responsibility for internal affairs – has met this challenge: Gerold Reichenbach, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Ralf Göbel of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), Hartfrid Wolff of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Silke Stokar von Neuforn of Alliance 90/The Greens.
The result is the Green Book “”Risks and Challenges for Public Safety and Security in Germany – Scenarios and Key Questions”, which was presented to the media in Berlin on September 23. Five expert teams – from politics and sciences, from fire services and emergency rescue, from business and industries – describe particularly dangerous crises events in scenarios and background illustrations.
In the course of the “4th European Congress on Disaster Management” in Bonn, Germany, the English version will be released on 8 October. After the release, Green Book will be available as a download on this website.
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