EFLIP - Economic impacts of Flood risk in Lombardy and Innovative risk mitigation Policy
Goal: EFLIP (https://www.eflip-project.org/) is a project led by CMCC, with the participation of CIMA Foundation and IUSS, which aims at better appreciating the financial and economic risks posed by flood hazard in Lombardy by analysing micro- and macro-economic consequences of flood events. Because of Lombardy’s critical role for Italian economy, the project will assess how the amplifying flood risk within the region may threaten economic growth and cohesion in Italy.
The projects aims to:
- Analyse and fill in the gaps in the past records of damage and losses caused by floods in Lombardy and contribute building an open-access, regional flood hazard, vulnerability and risk database.
- Enhance understanding of how flood risk will be amplified as a result of environmental (including climate) change.
- Analyse the direct and indirect economic impacts of floods on the regional and national economy and cohesion, and perform economic micro- and macro-economic assessments to inform regional disaster risk and climate adaptation strategies and plans.
- Develop and validate innovative financial frameworks and incentives for flood risk protection, and recommend appropriate changes to legal, policy and/or regulatory frameworks.
Date: 15 November 2019 - 15 November 2021