Red Cross meetings focus on use of technology to reduce flooding risks

Senior members of the International Red Cross will meet with Government officials, IT experts, and business leaders in Dublin today as part of a project aimed at using emerging technology to reduce the risk to lives and property from predicted increased flooding due to climate change.

Red Cross meetings focus on use of technology to reduce flooding risks

The charity says technology already exists which could be enhanced for widespread use in the next five to 10 years, and investing in it now will prove cost-effective in the face of natural disasters.

The Red Cross is carrying out high-level discussions with governments in a number of countries to address climate change problems and is focusing on anti-flooding pilot initiatives in Dublin, Cork, San Francisco, Seoul, Nairobi and Buenos Aires.

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