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Documents and publications
2022

Multicriterial analysis used for the optimisation of dike system management

In this paper, a multicriterial algorithm is presented for the optimisation of levee management.
Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)
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Documents and publications
2021

Health and climate change: country profile 2021: Czechia

This country profile for Czechia provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities, health impacts and progress to date in health sector efforts to realize a climate-resilient health system.
World Health Organization Pan American Health Organization United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Czech Republic climate resilience policy indicator

The Czech Republic’s rise in average temperature in the past century has been more pronounced since 1980, and in the last two decades has outpaced increases in many other countries. Warming is projected until the end of the 21st century.
International Energy Agency
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Coronavirus: why is eastern Europe’s second wave so much worse than its first?

Eastern Europe was praised for being exceptional during the first wave of the pandemic but its pandemic experience has been dramatically different this autumn.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Coronavirus: what went wrong in the Czech Republic?

The Czech Republic, which had been praised for its swift response to COVID-19 in the spring, is now topping global charts of new infections and deaths per population.
Conversation Media Group, the
Documents and publications
2020

Measuring the impact of COVID-19 confinement measures on human mobility using mobile positioning data

This paper presents a mobility indicator derived from anonymised aggregated mobile positioning data. Even though the indicator does not provide information about the behaviour of individuals, it captures valuable insights into the mobility patterns of the

European Commission Joint Research Centre
Documents and publications
2020

Mapping Mobility Functional Areas (MFA) using mobile positioning data to inform COVID-19 policies

This work introduces the concept of data-driven Mobility Functional Areas (MFAs) as geographic zones with a high degree of intra-mobility exchanges. Such information, calculated at European regional scale thanks to mobile data, can be useful to inform

European Commission Joint Research Centre
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Heatwaves can kill – research uncovers the homes most vulnerable to overheating

New research uncovers why particular people and places are at greater risk of overheating than others
Conversation Media Group, the
Documents and publications
2020

Expectations, disappointments, and individual responses: Imbalances in multilevel flood risk governance revealed by public survey

The recent paradigm shift towards multilevel flood risk governance has raised discussions about the potential of different entities to undertake specific flood risk management (FRM) measures and about the effects of their efforts on other governance

Wiley
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Czech Republic helps local authorities in BiH to effectively cope with different disasters

Through a UNDP project, funded by Czech Republic, a set of manuals have been developed to support Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities on all levels to deal more effectively with different disasters.
Sarajevo Times