Because the UK is particularly reliant on electricity for home heating, it recommends people store warm clothes, sleeping bags and candles, and keep fireplaces and chimneys clean. The UK checklist of items also features a hand-crank or solar-powered radio, a paper list of important phone numbers, and a well-stocked medicine cabinet, while explicitly warning that the climate crisis is likely to lead to more frequent and severe disasters.
The Danish strategy emphasises the need for solidarity and calls on people to be in close communication with loved ones, resist rumours and disinformation, and consider volunteering as a reservist or with civil protection organisations. It includes specific tips such as growing berries on windowsills, freezing bottles of water, which can function as ice packs if freezers break and then be drunk once the ice melts, and, if the toilet will not flush, disposing of excrement in plastic bags covered by sawdust.
The push joins a host of nations issuing crisis-prepping guides. UK allies have long urged people to stockpile supplies for a crisis, and the UK has now told people to fill their pantries accordingly.
Governments across several countries are urging citizens to ready themselves for core systems failing by stocking pantries and emergency supplies to sustain themselves for three days in the event of a catastrophe.
The Danish advice gives a sample three-day meal plan, which includes 500g of crispbread, 300g of canned mackerel in tomato sauce, 300g of chickpeas and kidney beans, 500g each of pasta and groats, and 1.5kg of tinned vegetables, as well as 100g of nuts and some vegetable oil.