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Documents and publications
2023

Pre-study on the role of children and youth in building resilient societies in the Baltic Sea region

The Project aimed to empower children and youth to play an active role as contributors to societal resilience and to remove barriers to their active involvement in prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Council of the Baltic Sea States
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Documents and publications
2022

The engagement of informal volunteers in disaster management in Europe

This article examines the policies and institutional arrangements for integrating informal volunteers, the methods and tools for their engagement, and the reported benefits and challenges of involving volunteers in disaster management.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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Estonia climate resilience policy indicator

Estonia's average temperature has been rising 0.2‑0.3°C per decade since 1951. The rate of warming exceeds the global average in the past two decades. Furthermore, the country’s temperatures are expected to continue increasing.
International Energy Agency
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Documents and publications
2021

Handling false information in emergency management: A cross-national comparative study of European practices

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.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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More than a virus: pandemic and online security in the Baltic states

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only an impact on business and economy but also reshaped cyberspace. The increased use of digital technologies has become the “new normal“.
LSM.lv
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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
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
Documents and publications
2019

The role of local governments in adapting to the climate

The current overview of the climate adaptation related regulations and activities at the national, regional and local levels in Baltic Sea Region (BSR) countries is based on a document review using the latest national communications of the countries

Council of the Baltic Sea States
Policies and plans
2017

Estonia: Climate change adaptation plan until 2030

The strategic goal of the Climate Change Adaptation Development Plan is to increase the readiness and ability of the Estonian state, regional and local levels to adapt to the effects of climate change.

To formulate a Plan, researchers have identified

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