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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

CROSSFLOOD: Full-scale Exercise Cross Border Flood Response Exercise in a Post Conflict Environment.
Full-scale exercises
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

The DARE (Deployment And engagement of Resources and citizens for European Emergency Response).
CP/DRM-related Horizon projects
State-of-the-art and user-friendly technology for assessing damages on heritage developed by the Germany Archaeological Institute
2 July 2025
Reports and booksMulti-hazardPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural HeritageTechnological developments
Existing civilian and military, and emerging methods of decontamination for assistive devices used by people with disabilities during CBRN response.
12 November 2024
Reports and booksGuidelines and manualsBiologicalCBRNETechnologicalRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUEducation & TrainingHealthRisk reduction & assessmentTechnological developments
Investigations into the decontamination of measuring equipment.
16 January 2026
Reports and booksGood practices and lessons learntCBRNEPreparednessResponseall Europe/EU
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
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
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
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
The paper compares disaster response systems, highlighting differences in government coordination, resource allocation, technology, and culture
24 September 2024
Research papersResponseall Europe/EU
Document considers impact of cyclones and drought upon farming and fishing communities in Fiji.
20 March 2024
Case studiesDroughtTropical CyclonePreparednessRecoveryResponseGlobalMaritimeRisk reduction & assessmentClimate change
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
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
A new booklet presents the main features of the full list of ECPP response capacities to civil protection practitioners at all levels.
2 October 2024
Training materialResponseall Europe/EU
This learning material provides essential information on tactical procedures during CBRN incidents.
11 February 2026
Training materialCBRNEResponseGermanyEducation & Training
This learning material provides essential information on tactical procedures during CBRN incidents.
11 February 2026
Training materialBiologicalResponseGermanyEducation & Training
This learning material provides essential information on tactical procedures during CBRN incidents.
11 February 2026
Training materialChemicalResponseGermanyEducation & Training

EMBRACE (Pan-European Management of Biological toxin incidents through standardization initiatives for Crisis response Enhancement) is a forward-think
CP/DRM-related Horizon projects
Based on the model results and on the evidence provided by the case study, article determines the various countermeasures to reduce risk factors.
4 September 2025
Reports and booksCase studiesCBRNEResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightTechnological developmentsUrbanisation
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