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This seismic risk profile of Portugal, 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.

This paper provides an overview of Portugal’s wildfire policies and practices and assesses the extent to which wildfire management in the country is evolving to adapt to growing wildfire risk under climate change.

Researchers dug into data to examine the effects of wildfires, pollutants, and meteorological factors on mortality and cardiovascular health in the Iberian country.

PreventionWeb spoke to Miguel Telo de Arriaga, Head of the Division of Literacy, Health and Well-being at Portugal’s Directorate-General of Health to learn more about the country’s approach to risk communication, and how this is applied to reduce risks.

A large area of South Western Europe and Northern Africa experienced extremely high temperatures usually only seen in July and August, at the end of April 2023.

This article aims to contribute to the research on flood vulnerability in historic urban areas by presenting and discussing the application of an index-based methodology specifically tailored to assess flood risk in historic urban centres.

This article contributes to developing an indicator-based vulnerability assessment framework for cultural heritage sites. It provides a vulnerability index for heritage sites exposed to multiple hazards, including sudden-onset and slow-onset hazards.

This study presents the LIFE-MyBuildingisGreen project, its objectives, and expected results. The project focuses on public buildings dedicated to education and social services existing in all cities and towns in Europe.