Risk identification and assessment

La ministre de l'Ecologie, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet a précisé que 'la directive européenne inondations est en cours de mise en œuvre avec l'achèvement des évaluations préliminaires des risques d'inondation.'...

Byblos, with its ancient port dating back 5,000 years, is dotted with Phoenician, Roman and medieval ruins along the waterfront that municipal authorities now fear are in danger from sea storms.

This document provides guidance to support and supplement countries’ established procedures in respect of preparedness for, and response to, natural hazards and disasters. It highlights the special features of the tsunami hazard and the particular

This publication captures and shares the process, tools, and lessons from a pilot adaptation project in the Cook Islands. The basic idea was to field-test a participatory approach that incorporates local knowledge and engages vulnerable communities in the

Scientists state that there is one way to minimize risks of even small earthquakes, however it costs about $10 million a pop. This expensive method would be to do a thorough seismic survey to assess tracts of rock below where oil and gas drilling fluid is disposed...

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This special edition of Polar Research brings together nine papers on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability in the Arctic, providing important insights on the nature of the risks and opportunities

'I urge the government to seriously revisit its spending policy vis-à-vis the DRRM law because while disasters are becoming worse and deadlier, our actions are still inconsistent with our goals of a disaster-resilient nation', says Legarda, calling for flood control, hazard identification, mapping and assessment, and more...

These reports provide observations, projections and impacts of climate change on 23 countries. These provide up to date science on how the climate has already changed and the potential consequences of future changes. They complement those published by the