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.
Good practices and lessons learnt
Building Climate Resilience: Lessons from the 2021 Floods in Western Europe
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- Hagenlocher, Okamoto, Nagabhatla, Diedrich, Hassel, van der Heijden, Kreft, De Lombaerde, Nick, Oakes, Rackelmann, Rimmert, Sandholz, Sebesvari, Shen, Skripka, Stojanovic, Szarzynzki, van de Walle & Werners.
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More than 240 lives were lost in the devastating July 2021 floods in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. The UNU Climate Resilience Initiative, which was launched in response to the floods and in recognition of the cross-border impacts of climate change, has identified five key areas in which further action and research is needed.
Report published by NU-EHS, UNU-CRIS & UNU-MERIT.
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Hazard types
Flood
DRM Phases
Preparedness
Response
Geographic focus
all Europe/EU
Sectors
Risk reduction & assessment
Risk drivers
Environmental degradation