Development of a Rapid Risk and Impact Assessment Tool to Enhance Response to Environmental Emergencies in the Early Stages of a Disaster:A Tool Developed by the European Multiple Environmental Threats Emergency NETwork(EMETNET)Project

• 作者: Emma-Jane Goode Eirian Thomas Owen Landeg Raquel Duarte-Davidson Lisbeth Hall Jolanda Roelofs Sjors Schulpen Arnout De Bruin Elisabeth Wigenstam Birgitta Liljedahl Annica Waleij Louise Simonsson Ann G?ransson Nyberg
• 来源期刊: 国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（4）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 528-539
• 页数: 12页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Every year,numerous environmental disasters and emergencies occur across the globe with far-reaching impacts on human health and the environment.The ability to rapidly assess an environmental emergency to mitigate potential risks and impacts is paramount.However,col-lating the necessary evidence in the early stages of an emergency to conduct a robust risk assessment is a major challenge.This article presents a methodology developed to help assess the risks and impacts during the early stages of such incidents,primarily to support the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism but also the wider global community in the response to environmental emergencies.An online rapid risk and impact assessment tool has also been developed to promote enhanced collaboration between experts who are working remotely,considering the impact of a disaster on the environment and public health in the short,medium,and long terms.The methodology developed can support the appropriate selection of experts and assets to be deployed to affected regions to ensure that potential public health and environ-mental risks and impacts are mitigated whenever possible.This methodology will aid defensible decision making,communication,planning,and risk management,and pre-sents a harmonized understanding of the associated impacts of an environmental emergency.