1. Home
  2. knowledge base
  3. Regional latest...

Regional latest additions

UPLOAD YOUR CONTENT
Updates

From 8 to 10 March UNESCO coordinates tsunami preparedness in the Mediterranean and North-Eastern Atlantic

The aim of the exercise is to assess the local action plans to respond, to increase preparedness for such events and to ensure good overall coordination.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Updates

Cyprus at low risk of tsunamis, but still prepared

Even though Cyprus has a low tsunami risk, it has arranged to receive timely warnings just in case. If a tsunami occurs, Cyprus will be able to quickly implement its response plans thanks to its national committee, which participates in the Early Warning System for Tsunami in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic.
Cyprus Mail
Documents and publications
2018

Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise

UNESCO World Heritage sites (WHS) located in coastal areas are increasingly at risk from coastal hazards due to sea-level rise. In this study, Mediterranean cultural WHS at risk from coastal flooding and erosion under four sea-level rise scenarios until

Nature Publishing Group
Meteoalarm uses simple colour coding and jargon-free explanations to help the public understanding real-time weather risks (Photo: Meteoalarm)
Updates

#IDDR2016: Europe’s Meteolarm offers life-saving alerts

Rolled out in the wake of one of the deadliest storms to strike Europe in decades, the continent-wide weather information service Meteoalarm plays a life-saving role by raising public awareness of how to curb risks, and fosters international cooperation into the bargain.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Updates

Progress in tsunami warning and mitigation in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas

The coordination group reiterated the importance of multilingual educational materials on tsunami preparedness to raise the awareness of the general public, accessible to schools and emergency response agencies. A proposal was made to start developing National and Local Tsunami Preparedness and Response Programmes, modeled on successful initiatives developed in other regions of the world...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Documents and publications
1999

Cyprus: end of IDNDR assessment report (1999)

This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Cyprus during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).
Cyprus - government
Documents and publications
2012

Adaptation to climate change – are governments prepared? – a cooperative audit

This joint report presents a cooperative audit based on eight individual national audit reports from Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and Ukraine, and a fact-finding study by the European Court of Auditors. It reveals that

EUROSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing
Updates

EU seeks private funding to share burden of climate adaptation

'It may seem to be costly to take actions regarding adaptation to climate change but it will be much more costly if we do absolutely nothing.' said Cyprus Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sofoclis Aletraris...
China Daily
Policies and plans
2010

European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement: Medium term plan 2011-2015

Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:

The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European

European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement
Photo byJames Marvin Phelps CC BY-NC 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandj98/2468396121
Updates

Probability of contamination from severe nuclear reactor accidents is higher than expected

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry report warns: Western Europe has the worldwide highest risk of radioactive contamination caused by major reactor accidents...
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (Otto-Hahn-Institut)