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This Risk and Resilience Report provides an overview of recent individual preparedness research. The report discusses a broad variety of indicators that can help to measure individual disaster preparedness and explores the data availability of these

Subsurface technologies, such as geothermal energy and carbon capture and storage, are options to help limit global warming. Subsurface technologies involve the risk of induced seismicity. The successful implementation of these technologies depends on the

This guide outlines the steps and tools needed to develop impact-based forecasting: from understanding risk to producing, issuing and verifying fit for purpose impact-based forecasts and warnings. Designed with, and for, people working in impact-based

This paper argues that there is a need for a new policy framing that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) investment is imperative that will generate dividends for governments and society at large. Under the auspice of the Sendai Framework for disaster risk

Following the emergence of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and its spread outside of China, Europe is now experiencing large epidemics. In response, many European countries have implemented unprecedented non-pharmaceutical interventions including case

Avec les changements climatiques, le temps devient plus chaud et les périodes de sécheresse extrême plus fréquentes, d’où l’augmentation du risque d’incendie de forêt. Parmi elles se trouvent les hêtraies montagnardes d’Europe centrale. Or, celles-ci

Forest fire activity in the Alpine region will probably increase in the near future, due to the increasing intensity of drought periods and heat waves and the increasing fire hazard resulting from rural abandonment and more recreational activities. This

The aim of this paper is to analyse existing risk communication systems available in different countries and thereby gain an understanding of the state-of-the-art. Especially systems which have the goal to communicate tailored information on flood hazards