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This paper provides quantitative evidence on the geography of regional readiness to tackle climate change using data from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain.

This seismic risk profile of France, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Throughout the PSF’s twinning programme, eight municipalities from Spain, Italy, Greece, France and Germany were paired together to offer opportunity to exchange on best practices, lessons learnt, and to evaluate what could be applied in their city.

Climate change and increased human habitation across France's dry, forested region are pushing the limits of firefighters' tried and tested "strike quick and hard" strategy.

As drought-hit France reckons with another fire season, experts see opportunity to better adapt western Europe's largest man-made woodland to climate change:

In France where the faults are close to the coast, it might take only 10 to 15 minutes for a tsunami to reach the Riviera, a region that also has very crowded beaches from May to October.

After living through the hottest summer on record in 2022 and a prolonged drought, France is now preparing for a future where extreme weather could become commonplace.

In drought-hit western France, conflict between farmers and environmentalists is growing over new irrigation reservoirs