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This study introduces a method for assessing the annual failure rate of levees based on information from historical floods, while also considering the return period of these past events.
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The application-oriented report describes how changes in climate elements affect surface water, groundwater and the ecology of water bodies. It considers the above-ground run-off, aquatic and marine ecology, groundwater and coastal waters and estuaries.
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The study presented in this paper examines how professionalization manifests itself in the functioning of the organized community groups involved in flood risk management in Italy, Germany, England, and the Netherlands.
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In this article, the researchers explore how emergency management institutions understand the effects of false information and what approaches are used to manage false information during actual crises.
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This study aimed to model the spatial variation and incidence of the 2018 drought in Brandenburg using GIS and remote sensing.
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This executive summary presents shortly the contents of the six sub-reports of the "Climate Impact and Risk Analysis 2021 for Germany", for which 102 climate impacts and 13 fields of action were investigated and assessed.
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This report summarizes the risks posed on Germany's climate, ecosystems, food and water systems, and citizens by climate change, as well as the country's policies for mitigation, adaptation, and emissions reductions.
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This solutions paper answers the question: what should the G7 do to better avert and respond to crises in order to reduce both human suffering and the overall cost of crisis response? The paper identifies three solutions that the G7 should initiate.

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