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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
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 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 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: 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.
European Climate Risk Assessment - Executive Summary
4 April 2024
Reports and booksMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
European Drought Risk Atlas
The European Drought Risk Atlas aims to better understand, estimate and map drought risks in the EU.
29 April 2024
Reports and booksDesertificationDroughtall Europe/EURisk awareness & communicationSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Exploring the use of Experiential Learning Methods to increase CBRNe…
Exploring the use of Experiential Learning Methods to increase CBRNe Awareness and Emergency Preparedness of Children
11 September 2025
Reports and booksCBRNEPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseItalyall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightRisk reduction & assessmentChanging security landscapeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developmentsUrbanisation
Field exercises for USAR/medical/EUCPT/TAST/ORC "Cycle 12"
Field exercises for urban search and rescue modules, medical teams, EUCPT and TAST and other response capacities.
Modules field and table top exercises (MODEX)
Field exercises for water-related, forest firefighting and CBRN "Cycle 12"
Field exercises flood, forest fires and CBRN. Two of the exercises include the participation of EUCPT and TAST.
Modules field and table top exercises (MODEX)
Field Report Exchange of Experts in Civil Protection
Field Report Exchange of Experts in Civil Protection Forest Fires Operational Centre INFOCA – ANDALUCÍA 28 October– 01 November 2024
26 November 2024
Training materialGood practices and lessons learntWildfiresPreparednessPreventionResponseSpainEducation & TrainingClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Fire in the Church of the Holy Trinity of Segovia (Spain): from response…
The technical aspects of the case of the Trinity Church in Segovia severely damaged by fire and the coordinated action taken to deal with it.
7 July 2025
Case studiesReports and booksWildfiresPreparednessRecoveryResponseSpainall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Fire in the Church of the Holy Trinity of Segovia: from response to…
An account of interdisciplinary and coordinated interventions for the restoration of paintings damaged by fire in the Trinity Church in Segovia.
7 July 2025
HighlightedCase studiesWildfiresRecoveryResponseItalyCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
Floods and firms: vulnerabilities and resilience to natural disasters in…
Exploiting data on historical natural hazards, granular flood risk maps and firm geolocalisation to study dynamic impacts of floods in firms.
28 April 2024
Reports and booksFloodall Europe/EUSituational awarenessEnvironmental degradation