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This report sets out the economic costs of high-impact, low-probability (HILP) events and how the impacts of a shock spread across sectors and countries in today's globalized world. It argues that governments and businesses remain insufficiently prepared

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This special edition of Polar Research brings together nine papers on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability in the Arctic, providing important insights on the nature of the risks and opportunities

This issue reports on the most catastrophic events of 2010, which was the year with the second-highest number of loss-related natural catastrophes, 2007 being the highest, since we began keeping global statistics in 1980. For the first time, this issue

This report examines the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, its impact on aviation and implications for the future, in the expectation of further activity in Iceland. In this report, the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction provides an integrated

This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating

Snow avalanches represent the major natural hazard in Europe's mountain areas during the winter. Harsh, changing conditions regarding mainly snowfall and snowpack in these areas, coupled with the increase in winter sport activities, tourism and therefore

This proceedings includes inter alia the specific outputs of the meeting which included: an inventory of the relevant technical, legal and administrative measures already current in Europe.