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Garden in Seville, Spain
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Seville launches world’s first program to name and rank heat waves

The launch comes after the hottest first two weeks of June ever recorded in Spain
Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc.
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Documents and publications
2022

Chronicle of a forecast flood: exposure and vulnerability on the south-east coast of Spain

The study examines the responsibility of human factors, such as urban development, in the occurrence of torrential rainfall disasters in the region of Murcia. It assesses exposure and vulnerability through rainfall observations and municipal statistics.
Natural Hazards (Springer)
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Documents and publications
2022

Patents and forest fire control

This study aims to present the most promising technologies in the field of firefight and control of wildfires.
Spain - government Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial
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DRR Community in Spain

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Governance

Sendai Framework Focal Point

Sendai Focal PointDirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias
Website:
http://www.proteccioncivil.org

National Platform

Spain National Platform
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http://www.proteccioncivil.org
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National policies and plans

Policies and plans
2014

Propuesta de declaración institucional: Canarias resiliente

This declaration made by the local government representatives from the Canary Islands who joined UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient campaign in April 2014 lists the steps that the municipalities will take to increase local disaster risk resilience. In

University of la Laguna Federación Canaria de Municipios
Policies and plans
2012

Spain: Plan director de la cooperacion Española 2013-2016

Políticas de prevención (in Spanish):

La RRD y el fortalecimiento de los mecanismos de resiliencia serán ejes, no solo del trabajo humanitario de la cooperación española sino de todas las actuaciones, sobre todo de aquellas que se realicen en contextos

Spain - government
Policies and plans
2006

Spain: Plan nacional adaptación al cambio climático (versión completa)

España, por su situación geográfica y sus características socioeconómicas, es un país muy vulnerable al cambio climático, como así se viene poniendo de manifiesto en los más recientes análisis e investigaciones.

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Spain - government
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Risk and governance profile(s)

Documents and publications
2015

Spain: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2013-2015) - Interim

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the 2013-15 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.
Dirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias
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