Traduction de «low-lying coastal area » (Anglais → Français) :

Particularly vulnerable to climatic changes are low-lying areas close to the coast and in river catchments, mountainous areas, and areas with high risks of increasing numbers of storms and hurricanes.

The aim is to reinforce the existing dyke against erosion caused by the sea and to protect the village of Kalochorio and other low-lying coastal areas of this region.

The inadequate road network and lack of overall development of the local economy in many peripheral or isolated coastal areas has led to out-migration, which in turn results in low levels of facilities that help to attract and maintain a vibrant local community.

It has prepared a report for the Council of Ministers analysing the problem and it presents a series of conclusions: - emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs) should be virtually eliminated by the year 2000 through revision of the Montreal protocol; - discussions should begin on an international agreement for protection of the atmosphere; - the Community should launch a major study programme to evaluate the feasibility, costs and likely results of measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions; - the policy decisions of the Community and its member countries should take into account the problem of potential climate changes linked to the greenhouse effect; - there should be urgent action to reinforce energy saving, improve energy efficiency, ...[+++] develop new energy sources and the use of safe nuclear technology; - the Community should sustain vigorous research programmes and promote new energy technologies with the potential to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and to assess the impact of the greenhouse effect on European regions; - aid should be provided for developing countries to work out measures of prevention and adaptation - for instance mapping vulnerable areas such as low-lying coastal areas, assessing the long-term sensitivity of development projects and being prepared for increasingly severe natural disasters ./ (*) COM(88) 656 - 2 - A need to respond Mr Stanley Clinton Davis, member of the Commission responsible for environment policy, stressed that the Community should respond to the challenge: "The greenhouse effect will become increasingly apparent during our own lifetimes, building to a major crisis within a generation.

Low- lying coastal plains, dunes and wetlands will suffer major ecological and economic impacts and towns such as Venice will be even more vulnerable to flooding than now.

The loss of low-lying landmass in coastal areas, which could be ravaged by severe storms and increased sea-level rise is likely to lead to displacement of populations, loss of life and damage to infrastructure.