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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
DALIH: a database for recording disaster damage and loss data for cultural…
What do we lose when lose cultural heritage? How do we measure it? This paper looks into the recording of damage to cultural heritage.
8 July 2025
Research papersMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
Declaration on the management of large wildfires in Spain
This declaration, produced by the Pau Costa Foundation, was founded on scientific data, the experience of firefighting services and territorial needs.
29 April 2024
Guidelines and manualsWildfiresPreparednessPreventionSpainall Europe/EURisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Deployment of a Mobile Laboratory for the Control and Monitoring of High…
A summary of the lessons learned for preparedness and intervention during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
8 October 2025
Research papersGood practices and lessons learntPandemics and epidemicsPreparednessGermanyItalyall Europe/EUEducation & TrainingHealthChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developmentsUrbanisation
Diagnostic Value of IgM and IgG Detection in COVID-19 Diagnosis by the…
The B-LiFe mobile laboratory in Piedmont, Italy, was deployed for the surveillance of COVID-19 cases by large-scale testing of first responders.
9 October 2025
Research papersPandemics and epidemicsResponseItalyHealthChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationUrbanisation
Die Analytische Task Force / The Analytical Task Force Information on the…
Information on the structure, tasks and deployment of Germany’s Analytical Task Force for CBRN incidents.
23 December 2025
Reports and booksCBRNEPreparednessResponseGermanyEducation & TrainingChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developmentsUrbanisation

Drill Preparatory Meeting
A drill preparatory meeting and field studies were conducted in Istanbul on September 30 - October 1, 2025.
Drought in Europe July 2024
The JRC Global Drought Observatory (GDO) of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service wrote an analytical report about droughts in Europe in 2024.
11 December 2024
Case studiesReports and booksHeatwaveSoil ErosionPreparednessPreventionResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Drought in Europe, July 2024
Analytical report by the EU's Joint Research Centre (JRC) which provides new data on drought in Europe, up to 18/07/2024
2 August 2024
HighlightedReports and booksDroughtEnvironmentalPreparednessPreventionResponseGlobalall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Drought Risk and Resilience Assessment Methodology
A Proactive Approach to Managing Drought Risk
22 January 2025
Reports and booksDroughtFood SafetyPreparednessPreventionGlobalResilienceClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Earthquakes debris of cultural interest: the Italian methodology for their…
Italian methodology for managing earthquake debris of cultural significance, with a focus on regulations and operational guidelines.
11 September 2025
Case studiesEarthquakeFloodLandslideVolcanogenicRecoveryItalyall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradationUrbanisation

Economics of Disaster Prevention and Preparedness: New eLearning training!
Together with the World Bank, the European Commission recently published three analytical reports on prioritiSing investments in disaster and climate.
Emissions Gap Report 2024
This report finds that nations must deliver a stronger ambition and action to close the emission gap in the next Nationally Determined Contributions.
19 November 2025
Reports and booksPreventionall Europe/EUClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Emissions Gap Report 2024
This report finds that nations must deliver a stronger ambition and action to close the emission gap in the next Nationally Determined Contributions.
22 December 2025
Reports and booksPreventionall Europe/EUClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air, please!
The report looks at how much nations must promise to cut off greenhouse gases, in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions ahead of COP30
17 April 2025
Reports and booksResearch papersEnvironmentalPreventionRecoveryResponseGlobalall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Enhancing risk awareness & promoting technologies - EU Workshop
Enhancing risk awareness and promoting technologies for better prepared and resilient EU communities workshop - registration open
Brussels, BelgiumHybrid
Workshop
Environmental Incident Public Communications
Report produced by the EU Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law following an event in Glasgow 30-31 October, 2019.
4 April 2025
HighlightedReports and booksMulti-hazardResponseall Europe/EURisk awareness & communicationEnvironmental degradation
EU cities and heat extremes
This policy brief focuses on how to tackle severe heat in cities and provides recommendations, best practices and analytical tools.
17 April 2025
Good practices and lessons learntPolicies and plansDroughtEnvironmentalHeatwavePreparednessResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightNature-Based SolutionsClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
EU Stockpiling Strategy: Boosting the EU's material preparedness for crises
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, Council, European Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions
9 July 2025
Legal documentationPolicies and plansMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightHealthShelterChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments

Europe | Temperature and precipitation anomalies forecast
The ECHO Daily Map, released on 14 August 2024 and produced by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at the request of the ERCC.