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Former EU Commissioner Michel Barnier looks at what the EU is doing in civil protection, and considers what more in could do in emergency response.
8 April 2024
Reports and booksMulti-hazardResponseGlobalSituational awarenessChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
The impact of forest fires on rural cultural heritage and the strategies implemented in the Region Castilla y León (Spain) to address them.
9 July 2025
Case studiesGood practices and lessons learntWildfiresPreventionRecoveryResponseSpainall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
The report provides an overview of the wildfire response in 2022, as well as recommendations to enhance integrated wildfire management in Europe.
8 April 2024
Good practices and lessons learntEnvironmentalWildfiresPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseSouthern Europeall Europe/EURisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentSituational awarenessClimate change
This document outlines the tasks of the nationwide Medical Task Force in Germany.
22 December 2025
Policies and plansMulti-hazardPreparednessResponseGermanyHealthChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developmentsUrbanisation

The RED ROSES project boosts cross-border disaster preparedness via data sharing and cooperation, aiming for resilient and secure responses.
Findings from Horizon projects as a forerunner event to the 7th DRMKC Annual Seminar
Online

Ahead of the 7th DRMKC Annual Seminar on 21 November, DG ECHO held ‘a Forerunner’ event to look at the findings from two Horizon projects.
The Collective MindS Climate x Health Council is a group of world-leading experts from industry, academia, civil society, philanthropy and government.
8 November 2024
Reports and booksGuidelines and manualsPreparednessPreventionGlobalHealthResilienceRisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
The document provides a general overview of the training of voluntary firefighters in Germany and it also applies to the professional fire brigades.
17 April 2025
Training materialReports and booksMulti-hazardResponseGermanyEducation & TrainingSearch & RescueClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Net Zero is a two-year initiative aiming to establish a global framework for assessing climate-related risks to both heritage and communities.
9 July 2025
Case studiesGood practices and lessons learntMulti-hazardPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate change
This report reviews existing evidence and data on how men and women, boys and girls are impacted by, prepare for and cope with disasters.
12 February 2025
Reports and booksMulti-hazardSocietalPreparednessPreventionGlobalEducation & TrainingResilienceRisk awareness & communicationChanging security landscapeClimate change
This year’s Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction is themed "On the Edge? Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile Times".
Berlin, GermanyHybrid
Conference
A holistic approach to strengthening resilience and creating a strategic framework.
29 October 2025
Policies and plansBiologicalChemicalEnvironmentalExtraterrestrialGeohazardsMeteorological & HydrologicalMulti-hazardSocietalPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseGermanyAnticipation and foresightResilienceRisk reduction & assessmentChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developmentsUrbanisation
The PARADeS Project final conference will take place on 23 November online.
Online
This Report presents the results of the annual product and service quality assessment of the Global Flood Monitoring (GFM) product.
11 December 2024
Reports and booksGuidelines and manualsFood SafetyPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUHealthSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and MCR2030 organize a Global Resilience Forum.
United Arab EmiratesHybrid
The paper uses machine learning to identify underlying reasons and most affected areas by an increase of forest fires due to climate change
28 October 2024
Research papersWildfiresAI, RPAS & remote sensingClimate change
Heat waves are increasingly frequent extreme meteorological phenomena that bring dire consequences for the population
This webinar on "Developing Systemic Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation through Multi Stakeholder Approaches" will take place on 17 July.
Online
How a project of the Task Force "Risk Management" of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation improved contingency planning in all its institutions.
8 July 2025
Good practices and lessons learntResearch papersMulti-hazardRecoveryResponseGermanyall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Five topics will be open for the DRS destination on, for example, harmonised protocols for impact forecasting systems in high-impact weather disasters
Other
Call (e.g., for proposal, for expression of interest)
The key role of the Hungarian National Museum in promoting inter-institutional cooperation at national level for the protection of cultural heritage.
7 July 2025
Good practices and lessons learntCase studiesMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseHungaryall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
The ESOTC provides descriptions and analyses of climate conditions in Europe in 2024, covering variables from across the Earth system.
8 December 2025
Reports and booksPreparednessPreventionResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightRisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
This paper shows how explainable AI reveals model decision processes, building trust and supporting wider AI adoption in geoscience.
19 November 2025
Research papersEnvironmentalGeohazardsMulti-hazardPreventionall Europe/EUAI, RPAS & remote sensingRisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Report provides a “Comparison between impacts of Hurricane Beryl and other multi-island hurricanes in the Caribbean".
11 December 2024
Case studiesGood practices and lessons learntTornadoResponseSituational awarenessChanging security landscapeClimate change