Sweden

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Acency (MBS), the national focal point for the Hyogo Declaration and the HFA, reports six examples of local DRR action in Sweden. The aim of this report is to support city-to-city exchange of inspiring examples of local DRR

This paper addresses adaptation in national water laws in relation to increasing flood risks. In particular, this paper analyzes the extent to which legal rules governing flood defence infrastructure in a selection of European countries (England, France

This publication provides a summary of the outcomes of the European Commission-supported U-SCORE project. The U-SCORE project was launched in 2015 in order to pilot the UNISDR Disaster Resilience Scorecard tool in Europe and provide valuable feedback so

Climatic Change March 2016, pp. 1-17, doi:10.1007/s10584-016-1660-y:

This article reports on a study in which local pathways to sustainably mainstream ecosystem-based adaptation were compared in 12 municipalities in Germany and Sweden. Ecosystem-based

This report focuses on forestry insurance and includes a comparative analysis of South Africa, China, Chile, Sweden and France. It explains how the re/insurance industry can help to close the protection gap and ensure that planted forests are managed in

This final report presents the outcomes of the Making Cities Resilient New Orleans-Gothenburg exchange. The exchange was part of the United Nation's Making Cities Resilient campaign and concerned with disaster resilience with particular focus on high

This document is a brief report of the activities that were carried out during an EU Expert Exchange project carried out in Ramnäs from 21 to 23rd April 2015 when three experts from Portugal and Spain were invited to analyse the large forest fire that

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.