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Europe
European cold snap death toll rises to 83
2 Feb 2012, HWT
In Ukraine, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov calls 'on citizens, enterprises, organisations not to be indifferent, to support and protect those people who cannot help themselves in this difficult time.' 'Unfortunately, people continue to die, but we are taking all the measures to prevent it'...
- World radiocommunication conference 2012 (WRC-2012)23 Jan - 17 Feb 2012, Switzerland (Geneva)
- 3rd International conference on national safety and security: Resilient citizens in a resilient society06-07 Feb 2012, Netherlands (The Hague)
- The 4th international symposium on hydraulic structures (4th IAHR)09-11 Feb 2012, Portugal (Porto)
- Regional Policy & Plans
- Resolution 2010 – 1 of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents 'Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response: priorities for action'2010, COE; EUR-OPA
- Resolution 2010 – 2 of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents on ethical values and resilience to disasters2010, COE; EUR-OPA
- Official Statements & Presentations
UK climate change risk assessment 2012: evidence report2012, DEFRA, United Kingdom - gov
Second world landslide forum: putting science into practice - abstract book2011, ISPRA, Italy - gov; ICL; IPL; UNISDR
General Facts
- Population: 727 million (2005)
- Density: 33 per sq km
- Total Area: 22,050 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2010Feb 2011, Munich Re
- Podcast: Comment vivre avec les risques naturels?2011, Radio France Internationale
- ID Risques, un podcast radio sur les risques majeurs2011, IDEAL Connaissances; MEDDTL, France - gov
- New Swiss nuclear plants on hold as earthquake risks examined2011, WRS
- Team assistant, G-4 (resource management section)Switzerland (Geneva), UNISDR
- Information assistant, G5Switzerland (Geneva), UNISDR
- Associate public information officer, P2Belgium (Brussels), UNISDR EUR
External Online Resources
- DKKV: Database of documentation on EU disaster preparedeness
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- FAO: Climate impact on agriculture (CLIMPAG)
- FAO: DRR-TECA (technology for agriculture) practices and technologies
- FAO: Global information and early warning system (GIEWS)
- FLOODsite: Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies
- HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk)
- Knowledge network on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- MeteoAlarm: extreme weather alert service for Europe
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
- Wetlands and climate change adaptation
- WMO: severe weather information centre: heavy rain/snow
- WMO: severe weather information centre: thunderstorms
See also
- ACP-EU Natural Disaster Facility (NDF)
- Balkans Institute for Risk Assessment and Emergency Management
- Baltic Sea Region Programme
- Central European Disaster Prevention Forum (CEUDIP)
- Central european initiative
- Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
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- Council of Europe (COE)
- Council of the European Union, the (CONSILIUM)
- Danish Red Cross (DRK)
- Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Initiative for South Eastern Europe (DPPI SEE)
- Etablissement Public Loire
- Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (PPRD South)
- European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA)
- European Centre on Prevention and Forecasting of Earthquakes (ECPFE)
- European Commission (EC)
- European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)
- European Network of National Platforms and Focal Points for Natural Disaster Reduction
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC)
- European Union (EU)
- Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- London Resilience partnership
- Nordic Cooperation
- Observatoire de la Forêt Méditerranéenne (OFME)
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)
- Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)
- Secretaria General Iberoamericana
- Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
- SEE Sub-regional Platform
- South East European Cooperation Process
- Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (TGC)
- Trilateral Wadden Sea Governmental Council (TWGC)
- United Kingdom Resilience
- World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)