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El uso de la geolocalización y la tecnología de dispositivos móviles inteligentes, fundamentalmente tablets y smartphones, permiten ayudar en la coordinación, gestión, monitorización y seguimiento de la información frente a las distintas actuaciones

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Records of grape harvest dates (GHDs) are the oldest and the longest continuous phenological data in Europe. However, many available series, including the well-known (Dijon) Burgundy series, are error prone because scholars so far have uncritically

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En s’appuyant sur les recommandations issues de l’évaluation du premier Plan national d’adaptation au changement climatique (PNACC), le PNACC-2 a été élaboré en mobilisant l’intelligence collective d’une grande diversité de parties prenantes, ce qui a

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Fire occurrence and behaviour in Mediterranean-type ecosystems strongly depend on the air temperature and wind conditions, the amount of fuel load and the drought conditions that drastically increase flammability, particularly during the summer period. In

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This report is part of a joint Australia-France project under which Australian and French teams have worked to map environmental security risks in the Indian and Southern Oceans. This study establishes an environmental security ‘risk map’ for the region

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Flash floods (FF) events are difficult to forecast because of their small temporal and spatial scale. Furthermore, they often occur on un-monitored small rivers, where no real-time data is available to warn people. To better anticipate these events and

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This joint report by the OECD and the World Bank takes stock of how a sample of governments in OECD and non-OECD countries manage the implications of natural disasters for public finances. The report draws on a set of nine in-depth case studies, completed

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While investors are paying more attention to climate change, there is a lack of granular data designed to support financial decisions. Climate science can provide improved indicators and metrics to help investors better manage physical climate risks. This

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