MEPs successfully pushed for the directive to refer to climate change, which will have to be taken into account in the preliminary assessments as well as in the report that the Commission is required to draw up in 2018 on the implementation of the directive.
Pēc Parlamenta iniciatīvas plūdu riska izvērtējumā būs jāņem vērā pieejamie dati par klimata pārmaiņu ietekmi uz plūdu veidošanos.