Researchers: Sweden's Crisis Preparedness Must Account for Climate Change

Kerstin Eriksson, a researcher at Lund University, says the current focus on civil defense and the security situation risks overshadowing urgent climate adaptation work. Preparedness and climate are often handled as separate parallel tracks, both in municipal organizations and in legislation, leading to administrative silos where security coordinators and climate strategists rarely integrate their work. One example of extreme weather demanding crisis preparedness is visible in Gothenburg, where flooding can have enormous consequences.