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This presentation gives an overview of the engagement of volunteers in civil protection in Greece
6 December 2024
Good practices and lessons learntPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseGreeceEducation & TrainingResilience

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
Overview of first EU MODEX (October 2024) to include a cultural heritage module and Cultural Heritage Advisors in the EU Civil Protection Team.
11 September 2025
Case studiesGood practices and lessons learntFloodPreparednessPreventionItalyall Europe/EUCritical Infrastructure
This paper shares the two exercise phases with a cultural heritage scenario organised in Italy to face the bradyseism phenomenon and volcanic risk.
10 July 2025
Good practices and lessons learntResearch papersEarthquakeVolcanogenicPreparednessPreventionItalyall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
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
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
Investigations into the decontamination of measuring equipment.
16 January 2026
Reports and booksGood practices and lessons learntCBRNEPreparednessResponseall Europe/EU
National Security Strategy Plan (Germany)
16 January 2026
Policies and plansMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionGermanySituational awareness
The aim of this thesis is to observe the general effectiveness of a mass decontamination using only water.
23 December 2025
Reports and booksTraining materialCBRNEPreparednessResponseGermanyEducation & Training

Strengthening the Large-Scale Earthquake Resilience of Cyprus by Implementing Joint Planning and Response Operations facilitated by the UCPM.
Full-scale exercises
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
This study provides a promising game generator which bridges CBRNe practitioners and game developers to transform real-life scenarios into games.
15 September 2025
Good practices and lessons learntCase studiesCBRNEPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightEducation & TrainingChanging security landscapeTechnological developments
The findings revealed that serious games have vast potential in CBRN-e training and the comparisons of different environments will help for training.
15 September 2025
Case studiesGood practices and lessons learntCBRNEPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightEducation & TrainingChanging security landscapeClimate change
Success stories: Prevention and preparedness projects supported by the Union Civil Protection Mechanism.
14 February 2024
PreparednessPreventionall Europe/EU
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

One of the outputs of the DRAW DATA project is a unique comic book designed to make disaster risk reduction (DRR) accessible, memorable and even fun.
23 April 2026
Reports and booksPreparednessCroatiaall Europe/EUEducation & TrainingRisk awareness & communication
Conference proceedings of the Disaster Research Days 2020
11 December 2024
Research papersEarthquakeMeteorological & HydrologicalMulti-hazardPandemics and epidemicsTechnologicalPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseAlpine regionAustriaall Europe/EUAI, RPAS & remote sensingCritical InfrastructureEducation & TrainingEvacuationRisk reduction & assessmentSituational awareness
Conference proceedings of the Disaster Research Days 2021
11 December 2024
Research papersEarthquakeMeteorological & HydrologicalPandemics and epidemicsTechnologicalWildfiresPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseAlpine regionAustriaall Europe/EUAI, RPAS & remote sensingCritical InfrastructureEducation & TrainingHealthResilienceRisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentSituational awareness
Conference proceedings of the Disaster Research Days 2022
11 December 2024
Research papersMeteorological & HydrologicalMulti-hazardPandemics and epidemicsTechnologicalPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseAlpine regionAustriaall Europe/EUAI, RPAS & remote sensingCritical InfrastructureEducation & TrainingHealthRisk awareness & communicationSituational awareness
Document considers impact of cyclones and drought upon farming and fishing communities in Fiji.
20 March 2024
Case studiesDroughtTropical CyclonePreparednessRecoveryResponseGlobalMaritimeRisk reduction & assessmentClimate change
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
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
A Proactive Approach to Managing Drought Risk
22 January 2025
Reports and booksDroughtFood SafetyPreparednessPreventionGlobalResilienceClimate changeEnvironmental degradation