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Romania has accelerated investments and undertaken policy reforms in disaster risk management in recent years. In 2018, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, Romania secured a US $493 million

The national climate change strategy 2013-2020 addresses two distinct parts:

  • The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve the national targets, and adaptation to the effects of climate change, taking into account the European Union 's

The general objective of the Danube Delta project was to improve the cooperation between the national authorities and industrial operators of the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine in the Danube Delta region through enhancing and, where possible

This document lays out a foundation for transboundary action for adaptation in the Danube Delta region. Based on the outcomes of the vulnerability assessment, it focuses both on facilitating the adaptation of natural systems and reducing human pressures

This Compendium is the final publication of the first phase of the IDMP Central and Eastern Europe (IDMP CEE) and provides an overview of the programme’s outputs and accomplishments achieved in the period from 2013 to 2015.

The focus of IDMP CEE was to

This study investigated risk-reduction behavior at the household level in three European Union Member States with fundamentally different insurance and compensation schemes. It sought to understand if and how insurance and public assistance influence

This report reviews the availability of data in Romania, to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

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Romania's population and economy are exposed to earthquakes and floods, contribution with earthquakes posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event

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