Term usage (136)
10 New Insights in Climate Science 2024/2025
Each year, leading scholars from around the world gather to review the most pressing findings in climate research. The result are 10 new insights.
4 November 2024
Good practices and lessons learntReports and booksPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseClimate changeEnvironmental degradationUrbanisation
2023 Interconnected Disaster Risks Report
UNU EHS report which analyses six 'tipping points' which are changing lives across the world.
20 March 2024
Reports and booksMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionGlobalall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentEnvironmental degradation
2023 Report on CERF-Funded Climate Action
Inaugural report on CERF-funded climate action, including support for resilience to climate change and early action.
21 October 2024
Reports and booksCase studiesEnvironmentalMeteorological & HydrologicalMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionResponseGlobalAnticipation and foresightResilienceRisk reduction & assessmentSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
A new method to compile global multi-hazard event sets
This study presents a new method, the MYRIAD-Hazard Event Sets Algorithm (MYRIAD-HESA), that compiles historically-based multi-hazard event sets.
17 April 2025
Research papersReports and booksMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Active governance of agro-pastoral, forest and protected areas mitigates…
Key Recommendations on Wildfire Prevention in the Mediterranean, produced by Elsevier for Science Direct.
21 March 2024
Research papersWildfiresPreparednessPreventionResponseAlpine regionSouthern EuropeEvacuationRisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water
The report look at progress in adaptation financing.
17 April 2025
Reports and booksResearch papersEnvironmentalAnticipation and foresightResilienceClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
AI to the rescue: how to enhance disaster early warnings with tech tools …
Article on how AI can help to reduce the impacts of natural hazards, but international standards are needed to ensure good practices.
28 October 2024
Research papersMulti-hazardAI, RPAS & remote sensingClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
An Integrated Wildfire Risk Management Strategy for the EU: developing…
The new Integrated Wildfire Risk Management (IWFRM) Strategy is aimed at bridging gaps between science, policy and
operational preparedness.
operational preparedness.
1 July 2025
Guidelines and manualsWildfiresPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EURisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Assessing damages and risks to heritage post emergencies - now enabled by…
State-of-the-art and user-friendly technology for assessing damage on heritage developed by ICCROM
9 July 2025
Case studiesMulti-hazardPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Assessment of the suitability of drought descriptions for wildfires under…
This study explores the suitability of different drought descriptions for wildfires under various humid temperate climates in Japan.
6 November 2024
HighlightedResearch papersCase studiesReports and booksDroughtResponseGlobalSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Biosafety Issues in Patient Transport during COVID-19: A case study on the…
An interesting paper based on a survey on First responders from Portugal's National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM).
6 October 2025
Case studiesMiscellaneousCBRNEPreparednessPortugalall Europe/EUHealthChanging security landscapeEnvironmental degradation
Briefing note on anticipatory action: An innovative tool at the…
Perspectives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
17 April 2025
Reports and booksGood practices and lessons learntMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Building Climate Resilience: Lessons from the 2021 Floods in Western Europe
Lessons learnt report on the Rhine-Meuse region floods which affected Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in July 2021.
29 April 2024
Good practices and lessons learntFloodPreparednessResponseall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentEnvironmental degradation
Capacity Building in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Saxony (Germany) and…
Good practice approaches in wildfire risk management, both inside and outside the EU.
2 October 2025
Good practices and lessons learntWildfiresPreparednessRisk awareness & communicationClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
CENTAUR (Copernicus ENhanced Tools for Anticipative response)
CENTAUR's focus on developing new service components for the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) and the Copernicus Security Service (CSS).
CP/DRM-related Horizon projects
Challenges in assessing and managing multi-hazard risks: A European…
This paper sets out to understand the challenges for moving towards multi-hazard risk management through the perspective of European stakeholders.
17 April 2025
Reports and booksResearch papersMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightRisk reduction & assessmentChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Civil Protection at a Glance
EU Publications Office published a special factsheet on civil protection and the work of DG ECHO.
24 June 2025
MiscellaneousMulti-hazardResponseall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of an Omicron Subvariant (BA.5.2.20) of…
Complete coding sequences of two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains that were recovered from a naso-pharyngeal swab.
8 October 2025
Research papersPandemics and epidemicsResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightHealthChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationUrbanisation
COLLARIS - Report: Overview of current SotA practices of training:…
Report addresses expanding need for collaborative training for the use of UAS among European first response and civil protection staff.
7 April 2025
Reports and booksMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUSituational awarenessChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
COLLARIS - Universal training material
This report presents the universal training material of COLLARIS, aimed at enhancing the competencies of multi-agency personnel in deploying UAS.
4 April 2025
Training materialGood practices and lessons learntMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/704
Decision laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism...
7 July 2025
Legal documentationPolicies and plansMulti-hazardRecoveryResponseall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentChanging security landscapeEnvironmental degradation
Comprehensive Climate Impact Quantification (C-CIQ): An approach to co…
This toolkit offers a guide to quantifying Loss and Damage (L&D) and co-developing policy and programmatic responses to manage climate risk.
6 November 2024
Guidelines and manualsGood practices and lessons learntReports and booksPreparednessRecoveryAnticipation and foresightResilienceRisk reduction & assessmentSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
COVALEX - Exercises: Final Report and Recommendations
The report provides actionable recommendations for enhancing disaster preparedness and response through Knowledge Network Exercises
12 March 2025
Reports and booksFloodMulti-hazardTechnologicalPreparednessResponseall Europe/EUClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
Cross-border and emerging risks in Europe
The Joint Research Centre expands its exploration of complex disaster risks that transcend national borders and introduce novel challenges to the EU.
14 June 2024
Reports and booksMulti-hazardPreparednessResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightRisk awareness & communicationChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradation